Manhattanville THE MAGAZINE OF MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE | SPRING 2013

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1952–2012: Sixty Years At Purchase MANHATTANVILLE The Magazine of Manhattanville College

Jon C. Strauss, Ph.D. President Manhattanville College

Jose R. Gonzalez Vice President Office of Institutional Advancement

Teresa S. Weber Assistant Vice President Office of Institutional Advancement

J.J. Pryor Managing Director Office of Communications

Tun N. Aung Director Brand Management and Creative Services Office of Communications

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

Aarushi Bhandari ’13 Communications Assistant

Jennifer Griffin ’07 Assistant Director, Alumni Relations

Elizabeth Baldini ’09 Alumni Relations Officer

Steve Sheridan Director Sports Information, Athletics

Caren Wagner-Roth, MAW ’01

Casey Tolfree

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS

Candice Alcantara ’14 Photography Intern

Stephanie Camerone ’14 Communications Assistant

Nicole Pupora ’15 Photography Intern

Manhattanville College is committed to equality of educational opportunity, and is an equal opportunity employer. The College does not discriminate against current or prospective students and employees on the basis of race, color, sex, national and ethnic origin, religion, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. This College policy is implemented in educational and admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic and other school-administered programs, and in employee-related programs.

Manhattanville Magazine is published annually by Manhattanville College, 2900 Purchase Street, Purchase, NY 10577. Contents

4 President’s Letter

5 Daniel’s Music Foundation 8 6 6 Elizabeth McCormack

8 Career Changers

11 Donor Profiles

12 Honoring Our Women of the Sacred Heart

13 Manhattanville’s Strategic Plan

15 Re-designed Programs Launched by GPS

16 Dan Fiorito Signs with the NY Yankees

20 17 New Sport Studies Program

18 Manhattanville On the Road

19 Commencement Re-cap

20 Sixty Years At Purchase

24 A Valiant Effort

27 Alumni News 12 28 Alumni Association Board

29 Alumni Reunion

32 Young Alumni Society

5 34 Alumni Event Re-cap

38 Alumni Class Notes

46 Congratulations and Condolences

48 Board of Trustees

49 President’s Advisory 13 Council Letter from the President

Dear Alumni, Friends, Faculty, Staff, Parents, and Students,

We have had a number of accomplishments this academic year that I am delighted to share with you. First of all, please join me in congratulating Lily Edgar ’13, who has been selected as a Fulbright U.S. student award winner, and sophomores Nha Truong, who ranked 97 out of 4277 students in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, and Karina Edouard, named a 2013 Newman Civic Fellow based on her demonstrated commitment to community service.

Also, the New York State Education Department approved the College’s Sport Studies major. This marks our first new undergraduate major in some time and we are confident that it will help to attract additional prospective students who are key to our planned move to financial sustainability. Moreover, the faculty has proposed several attractive, new undergraduate programs for New York State approval. These new programs will better align with the needs and interests of today’s students while fulfilling an objective of the Strategic Plan, “to connect the liberal arts to life.”

And speaking of accomplishments, 60 years ago, Manhattanville College left its home on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and moved 28 miles north to Purchase, New York. In honor of the College’s 60th year in Purchase, and inspired by First Lady Jean Strauss, the faculty, students, and staff, have constructed Heritage Hall, which celebrates our transformation to the College it is today, while continuing to reflect the values and traditions of our Sacred Heart origins. The display includes electronic panels with images and scenes depicting alumni, faculty, and student life. We hope you will visit Heritage Hall and enjoy the College’s rich history of academic excellence, and social and civic engagement.

In this issue, you will find a feature on Elizabeth McCormack ’44, who served as President of Manhattanville College from 1966 –1974. It was her vision and leadership that proved instrumental in restructuring Manhattanville for its supportable future from the elite, Catholic, women’s institution. She remains involved today as a Trustee and a special advisor to the College.

Also featured in this issue is the special tribute held during Reunion 2012, to honor three women of the Sacred Heart for their longstanding commitment and dedication to the College: Sister Ruth Dowd ’40, who taught philosophy at Manhattanville for 18 years, became Dean of Adult and Special Programs, and launched the School of Graduate and Professional Studies; Sister Mary T. Clark ’39, who taught philosophy at Manhattanville for over 60 years, earning the title of Professor Emeritus of Philosophy; and Trustee Sister Ann Conroy ’47, formerly Dean of Students from 1968 to 1972.

As Mother Eleanor O’Byrne said in 1962 during the dedication of our new home here in Purchase, New York, “Here, we shall live as a united global family.” And with your help, we will continue to move forward.

Sincerely,

Jon C. Strauss Ph.D. President

4 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Daniel’s Music Foundation: A Service Tradition

ichael Trush ’09 was just nine years old when his brother Daniel suffered Ma brain aneurism that should have ended his life. But thirty days after Daniel slipped into a coma, he was awake. He spent the next year in the hospital. Two years after his aneurism, he took his first steps. In 2009, Daniel ran the New York Marathon. His miracle recovery was aided by Daniel’s interest in and focus on music. In 2006, the Trush family started Daniel’s Music Foundation, a non-profit that provides free music instruction to individuals with disabilities in the NYC area. The Foundation creates a social environment, and participants take each class for a full semester, learning the fundamentals of such instruments as guitar, piano, vocal, and composition. “We found that music really helped Daniel a lot in his recovery,” Trush said. “We did some research as a family just to see what kinds of programs were out there since Daniel instruments. instructor, Andre Yoskowitz ’09, and Thomas was graduating from high school. Though “We housed the program through the Heyliger ’10. The Junior Council is a group of there were a lot of great therapeutic musical Duchesne Center as one of our premier young professionals working toward making programs, there wasn’t a lot of socialization volunteer programs,” Duchesne Center an impact at Daniel’s Music Foundation with people with similar challenges.” Community Service Coordinator, Craig through fundraising and volunteer work. The Foundation started with one class Donnelly said. “We recruited students, “A lot of my friends have really stayed in 2006 and only five participants. Now it recruited drivers; we promoted it across involved with the Foundation,” Trush said. “It has 50 classes and 300 students. Every day campus to all students.” has been really nice. I graduated in 2009 and the Foundation continues to grow, thrive, and Even now, four years after Michael’s just the fact that there are still Manhattanville change. graduation, Daniel’s Music Foundation is students involved is great.” “The growth of the community is one of the most popular volunteer programs The Foundation was recognized during phenomenal, but in addition to that we have at Manhattanville. On average, 8-10 students the New York Yankees HOPE Week in 2011. on-site programs, off-site programs, and we travel to NYC on Saturdays to help out with Students at the Foundation were offered the are getting close to having our own space next the Foundation. opportunity to sing the National Anthem on a year which is really exciting,” Trush said. “They go in there just thinking they are Broadway stage. From the beginning, the Manhattanville going to teach music, but they learn so much In July, Daniel’s Music: One Family’s Duchesne Center for Religion and Social from the people they are serving,” Donnelly Journey from Tragedy to Empowerment Justice was part of the volunteer network for said. “Our volunteers are really into it; they through Faith, Medicine, and the Healing Daniel’s Music Foundation. Trush ’09 worked have really kept up the passion for what the Power of Music, will be published by on making it one of the service projects for program entails.” Skyhorse Publishing. Written by New York Duchesne Scholars. The Center provided Some volunteers continued on with Times Bestselling Author, Jerome Preisler, transportation to New York City and sent a Daniel’s Music Foundation after their time the book will share Daniel’s amazing story of steady stream of volunteers to help out. at Manhattanville was over. They helped the recovery and the healing power of music. Some were Duchesne Scholars, who Foundation in many ways, big and small. “We are really excited,” Trush said. “We helped to set up classrooms and organize Michael currently runs the Junior Council and came in contact with Jerome through HOPE the classes, others were music students, the student volunteer program which keeps WEEK, and it really tells the entire story of the who helped to teach classes or work with him in touch with Manhattanville alumni, family from Daniel’s injury up until today.” individuals sharing their knowledge of David Bedard ’09, who also is an assistant

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 5 Elizabeth McCormack ’44: No Ordinary Life

s she enters the room, she moves quickly. Her short bobbed white hair and piercing blue eyes project a woman of great character. At the age of 91, she still works every day, travels the world, and remains a lifelong learner with an academic craving for knowledge. She has an informal manner Aand although she is physically tiny, she is a giant in the world of philanthropy. She feels most useful when she is making a difference.

Her biography, No Ordinary Life, by philanthropy. She Relations, the American Charles Kenney, chronicles Trustee Elizabeth became a philanthropist Academy of Arts and J. McCormack’s life as a devoted Catholic by “talking to people Sciences, and the nun to a most respected advisor to many of who were engaged in Century Association. the most influential foundations in history. doing it.” She has been She was also a Director Additionally, from 1966 to 1974, McCormack the philanthropic advisor of Memorial Sloan- served as President of Manhattanville to the Rockefeller Kettering Cancer College. During her tenure at the College, family for over 40 years. Center, and a Trustee of the Vietnam War was being fought and McCormack has also Cambridge, Spellman, the cultural revolution of the 60s and 70s served on the board of and Marlboro Colleges. captivated the country. Faced with the numerous foundations, In No Ordinary challenges of Manhattanville’s sustainability, including the John Life, William “Bill” McCormack restructured the College from the D. and Catherine T. Dietel, former President elite, Catholic, women’s institution to include MacArthur Foundation, of the Rockefeller a non-denominational, co-educational student “committed to building Brothers Fund, who has population. (Manhattanville was not alone; a more just, verdant, and served on more than many colleges during this period went co-ed peaceful world,” and The twenty-five nonprofit including Nazareth, Marquette, Skidmore, Atlantic Philanthropies, boards including the Sarah Lawrence, Vassar, and more). “dedicated to bringing New York Public Additionally at this time, McCormack’s about lasting changes Library, American progressive, forward-thinking, inclusive in the lives of Farmland Trust, and the strategy was responsible for Manhattanville’s disadvantaged and vulnerable people.” Institute for Philanthropy in London, states acceptance of the largest African-American McCormack has chaired the Asian that: “She stays active because she knows student population in the College’s history. Cultural Council since 1992 and been a in her bones that’s how you stay alive. She At the end of her tenure with Trustee since 1980. Currently, she serves is interested in creating new things. She’s Manhattanville, McCormack was employed on the boards of the Population Council, interested in the new and different, and she’s by the Rockefeller Family Office where The Juilliard School, the Trust for Mutual got a strong enough ego that she could afford she was responsible for introducing the Understanding, and Hamilton College. She to take a risk with her reputation. And that younger Rockefellers to the world of is a member of the Council on Foreign won her legions of friends.”

6 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 I think a philanthropist, big or small, wants to act for the good of humanity

“I think a philanthropist, big or small, Scholars Program, which awards three to for her role in advancing palliative care as wants to act for the good of humanity,” four incoming freshmen the opportunity to a vital means to improve the quality of life, McCormack said. “And the obvious way study at Manhattanville College. “It awards through her founding and leadership of the is by giving money. But a person with students who are high achievers and have Partnership for Palliative Care. In response no money, or not enough money, can be overcome some type of huge challenge in to this recognition, Bill Moyers, journalist, philanthropic by giving service. Foundations their young lives,” said McCormack. “And public commentator, former White House frequently give to bring about policy changes who are motivated to help others, carrying on Press Secretary, and friend of McCormack, while individuals often make gifts that are the humanitarian tradition of Manhattanville.” stated, “Elizabeth McCormack reminds us of humanitarian. If I give wisely to some good McCormack, who earned her Ph.D. things that last, that transcend the tumult of purpose, the impact is made not only by my in Philosophy at Fordham University, the hour and the news of the day. Her life is gift, but by everyone’s giving.” believes that a college education trains about connections and continuities between In the fall of 2011, McCormack was critical judgment and teaches a person to past and present, between now and the future, instrumental in procuring an unrestricted question assumptions and to be open-minded. between the natural world and the world we gift of $5 million over a three-year period to “Manhattanville gave me what a liberal arts make together.” Manhattanville College by an anonymous education is meant to give,” McCormack donor. The monies are being used to said. “The power to think, to question, and to strengthen academic excellence initiatives, be open to differences. This is taught person- provide for additional campus capital to-person by faculty with different beliefs, improvements, and to help implement different views, and different backgrounds. I initiatives identified in Manhattanville’s like to say, ‘we meet and change one another.’ strategic plan so it can remain competitive in If you really learn to know someone whose a rapidly changing world. The gift marked background, whose beliefs are different from the largest donation the College has ever yours, you learn not to be judgmental. And I received. learned that at Manhattanville.” The same anonymous donor is As a tireless crusader, McCormack responsible for providing funding for recently received The United Hospital Fund’s the College’s Elizabeth J. McCormack Distinguished Community Service Award

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 7 School of education

The Manhattanville College School of Education has been a popular choice for non-traditional students who successfully transition from working in corporate America to pursuing careers in education. Meet three such graduates: Jim Detmer, who formerly worked in asset management, Susan Keating, formerly an Account Supervisor at an advertising agency, and Suzanne Ribeiro, former Consumer Information Analyst, Kraft Foods.

its population. He knows he is making a Jim Detmer MAT ’12 Works to difference in the lives of these children. “I was convinced that I was going to be Make a Difference in the Field of teaching in a large suburban high school and Special Education coaching. That’s my background,” he said. “But I have a very tender heart for these kids When Jim Detmer double spacing papers did take time. and it might end up that my calling is with headed to Colgate “When I was in school it was single this population.” University in spaced. My wife comes in and hits a District 12 is a struggling district in the 1971, he intended button and all of a sudden I had a 28-page Bronx but KAPPA III has been and continues to become a teacher and coach. However, paper,” he said. “I was computer illiterate, to do very well despite the location. A strict after graduation Detmer entered the so all those things were difficult, but the behavior code and uniform requirement are corporate world, and started working in asset professors understood that some of us were in effect. management. After thirty years, Jim was technological immigrants and that helped.” Detmer teaches Social Studies and ready to retire at the age of 58, but decided Detmer chose to study Social Studies ELA in a self-contained Special Education instead to enter the Manhattanville College Education, with some influence from classroom. He also co-teaches in mixed School of Education Jump Start program. An Professor Mikki Shaw, Director of the Jump classrooms. He has had great success in accelerated Master’s program designed for Start Program, Special Education. improving state test scores by 60 percent career changers, Jump Start allows students “After spending some time in Special in his ELA classroom. His goal is to make to enter the workforce within seven months to Education the past year and a half, I’m certain that every child has the opportunity to begin new careers in the field of education. smitten with it,” Detmer said. “I want to be speak, write, and read every day. “I always enjoyed working with kids,” a Special Education teacher. I love working “I hope a lot of the kids I work with, Detmer said. “I worked with my own kids with these kids. If you are looking to help and will work with, feel a little better about and their peers for years. I was at a point in kids, there aren’t kids who need more help themselves and their capabilities,” Detmer my life where things were going quite well than these kids.” said. “I hope they know a bit more, so they and I wanted to help some kids out.” Subsequently, Detmer was hired at can be more competitive in the environment While the decision to go back to KAPPA III, a middle school in District 12 in which they are going to enter.” school didn’t affect Detmer and his family in the Bronx. Currently in his second year at financially, after so many years, acclimating the school, Detmer has settled into his role. to college life and simple things such as He is comfortable at the school and with

8 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 School of education career changers

According to the Orton-Gillingham website, “Multi-Cultural Classroom” class, and I Susan Keating, the approach has been described as language- was hooked,” she said. “Great class. Great based, multisensory, structured, sequential, teacher. I was on my way.” Special Education cumulative, cognitive, and flexible. Fellow As a part-time student with two Teacher candidates are the highest level of certified specialties, it took Keating eight years to educators in the Orton-Gillingham Approach. finish the program, but it was time well spent. Susan Keating met “I find the learning process itself She worked part-time at the Fox Meadow Samantha* in her fascinating, particularly for kids with special School in Scarsdale as a Teacher’s Aide. And first year working needs who are learning to do things that just she was able to stretch her student teaching at the International happen for a lot of kids,” she said. “To dissect out to a full year, working at two different School at Dundee the reading process into little pieces and steps schools, one for each of her specialties. Most (ISD) in Greenwich, Connecticut. I find the learning process itself fascinating, particularly Samantha was a severely dyslexic for kids with special needs who are learning to do things first grader. She that just happen for a lot of kids. couldn’t recognize letters. She couldn’t express herself even though she was creative and bright. Letters and words swam around I find fascinating, creative, and interesting.” importantly, Keating was able to be home for in her head without meaning. Samantha cried But Keating hasn’t always been on this her kids in the afternoons and evenings. every day from the stress associated with her path. She graduated from Bucknell in 1980 In 2009, with one teenager at home disorder. with a degree in Economics and English. and a Masters Degree in hand, she went Two years later, under the guidance of She worked at a major advertising agency in back to work as a full-time, long-term Susan Keating and the Special Education New York City as an Account Supervisor, and Special Education substitute teacher for the Department at ISD, Samantha can read and was involved in the creative process while Greenwich Public Schools. The following write. She is energetic and creative. She loves meeting the marketing goals of the agency. year she started full-time at ISD as a fifth- school. Keating believes that one day she Keating left corporate America in 1989 after grade teacher, and a special education teacher won’t even remember the trauma caused by the birth of her second child. for grades 1-2. her dyslexia. For the next 21 years, Keating’s job title “It was a shock to the system. There “Teaching a child who is bright and was mother. During those years, Keating was was definitely a lot less home cooking and creative how to read and write is like a gift,” what she calls a “professional volunteer,” everyone had to step it up,” she said. “I had Keating said. “It is such a ball and chain if working with the Parent Teacher Associations not worked full-time in 21 years. It was they cannot express themselves like everyone at her children’s schools. As the president jarring to say the least.” else in the classroom and to find a program of the Milton School and Rye High School Currently, she is in her third year at that works for them, it is like freeing them.” Parent Teacher Organizations, she helped to ISD. She has a handful of special education Though Keating graduated from the raise over $200,000 to bring programs and students that she has been with since the first Manhattanville College School of Education, renovations to the schools. grade. She still teaches Samantha. with specialties in Childhood and Special It was during these years that Keating “I love working with children. I find Education in 2009, she has already made caught the teaching bug. She toyed with children much more interesting than adults. quite a difference at ISD and in the life of her the idea of returning to school to get a Overall, I think there is such a great humor students. Masters in Education. With her husband’s and freshness and honesty with kids that I Currently, she is an Orton-Gillingham encouragement, in 2001, Keating enrolled as love being around them,” Keating said. “And Fellow candidate. The Orton-Gillingham a non-matriculated student at Manhattanville then there are the laughs. It’s Pajama Day on Approach is a way of educating students College. She took just one class but that was Friday. Who else gets to wear their pajamas with dyslexia at multiple levels. It focuses all she needed. to work? Nobody else I know.” on the learning needs of individual students. “I landed in Dr. Laurence Krute’s

*Name has been changed. Susan Keating was the first recipient of the Mary K. Humphreys Endowed Scholarship in Special Education.

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 9 School of education career changers

they also come eager to learn,” she said. end up back in jail. Since he had difficulty Suzanne Ribeiro, Rikers Island is one of the country’s saying this to her in person, he chose to write most notorious prisons. The Rikers Island a letter thanking her for her support and High School Teacher, complex consists of ten jails which house encouragement and for believing in him. Rikers Island local offenders who are awaiting trial and “It’s incredible the lives that some of cannot afford, obtain, or were not awarded these kids lead. We are so oblivious living up Three years ago, bail from a judge, those serving sentences here in Westchester,” she said. “They are very Suzanne Ribeiro of one year or less, and those temporarily honest when they describe their home lives. was working held pending transfer to another facility. The Some of them are out on the street. And some as a Consumer violence of the inmate population at Rikers of them have parents who are locked up, but Information Analyst Island is well documented and continues to some of them come from perfectly intact at Kraft Foods. She felt unfulfilled and dissatisfied in this position and Through Manhattanville College School of Education’s in 2009, during Jump Start Program, Ribeiro was able to maintain her job the NYC school system’s hiring freeze, made the arduous while taking classes. She attended classes at night and decision to return to college to get a Masters used vacation days to complete observation hours. Degree in Teaching. It wasn’t easy but she was determined. Ultimately, RIbeiro Through Manhattanville College School of Education’s Jump Start Program, Ribeiro risked the comfortable, well-paying corporate position was able to maintain her job while taking that she had for nine years to enter the field of education. classes. She attended classes at night and used vacation days to complete observation hours. It wasn’t easy but she was determined. Ultimately, Ribeiro risked the comfortable, well-paying corporate position that she had be one of the facility’s greatest challenges. homes, but hung out with the wrong people.” for nine years to enter the field of education, Ribeiro was recently given the The boys at Rikers Island inspire Ribeiro taking a noticeable pay reduction in the opportunity to leave the Rikers Program to to continue teaching. Every student that she process. teach at a school in the Bronx. She refused, helps gives her validation that she made “I had to make some financial cuts, but instead opting to continue to help rehabilitate the right decision when she left corporate it was so well worth it in the end,” Ribeiro and teach the teenagers at Rikers. America to become an educator. It is quite said. “My kids are still young and I am home Ribeiro teaches the curriculum that an achievement knowing that her decision with them after school and on the weekends parallels that of the New York City School to pursue her own dream actually results in they have me. With my corporate job I got System, so that these teens can return to changing the outcome of other people’s lives. home around six, and I would still be on my their prior schools when their sentences “I had the hardest time before dragging computer doing work and on the weekends. have been served. Additionally, she prepares my butt into work at nine o’clock in the If we went away on vacation, I would always them for Regents Exams while motivating corporate world,” she said. “Now I have no have to make sure I brought my laptop.” them to start fresh and stay on the right path. problem waking up at five in the morning Now, Ribeiro spends her days educating In this respect, Ribeiro is more than just a and I am out the door by six to get to school 16 and 17 year olds - incarcerated at Rikers teacher. She is a mentor, a motivator and an because I love what I do. I am just so grateful Island. inspiration to all. that there was a program that made it possible “Every day is definitely different and One student promised Ribeiro that for me to fulfill my dream.” these kids come with a lot of problems but he would change his ways and wouldn’t

10 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Donor ProfileS: Th ere’s more than one way to give back

10 Year Annual Fund Donor Planned Gift Donor Recurring Gift Donor Dan O’Brien ’90 Helaine Smith ’88 Jeremy Wilson ’03 Profession: Business Profession: D.D.S. Profession: Political Editor at The Sun, a daily Coordinator for 1199 newspaper based in Lowell, Most Proud Of: SEIU United Healthcare MA. The ability to show Workers East, a healthcare compassion for other union that represents over Looking forward to people and be a 450,000 workers across most in the next 10 productive global citizen five states and the District years: Seeing what life in which I am able to of Columbia. decisions my two daughters, now 16 and 14, share my gifts and talents. make for themselves. Meaning of the word legacy: The word Where will I be in five years: Continuing to Recent giving: I am pretty small legacy brings up feelings of respect for many push myself to live up to the mission and potatoes, but I try to be consistent. Usually great people who have been able to change vision that Manhattanville College has for all $50 per year, once or twice in recent years I the world in a positive fashion. For me, I of its students and alumni – being an ethical gave $75. want my legacy gift to help students obtain and socially-responsible leader for the global What alumni should know: Seemingly an outstanding degree. community. small contributions from many graduates can Why I give: Manhattanville College Recent giving: I’m ecstatic that lead to significant results. shaped my life and facilitated the ability to Manhattanville is now using the automatic Why I give: I enjoy being a small part pursue my dreams. I feel deep gratitude to monthly recurring gift. In previous years I of something big, being part of a cause the College and passionately believe in its wrote one check once a year and was only that matters to the future of my school. mission of social justice and education. I able to give so much. Now that I can do a received so much from Manhattanville, I recurring gift, I give a smaller amount than feel it is imperative to give every year so my “once-a-year” check, but I do it every that Manhattanville can remain strong and month so I’m able to give three times as continue shaping the future for its present much and don’t really feel it! students. Manhattanville has always had a Young alumni should know: I came special place in my heart and it is natural to from a small town and it wasn’t until I was at support what I care deeply about. Manhattanville that my eyes were opened and I understood that I had the power to change the world. Why I give: To support the institution that has helped me realize my abilities and given me extraordinary opportunities to become the person that I am today. Without the help of alumni who have given in the past, I would not have been able to have that experience. It is now my responsibility and honor to continue the practice and tradition of giving that will ensure that those who come after me will be afforded the opportunity and extraordinary experience that Manhattanville College has given, and continues to give, me.

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 11 Sr. Ruth Dowd ’40

Sister Dowd taught philosophy at Manhattanville for 18 years before becoming a member of the Board of Trustees. In 1983, she returned to Manhattanville as the Dean of Adult and Special programs and launched the School of Graduate and Professional Studies with a flagship program in Honoring human resources. Courses in leadership, strategic management, and marketing soon followed. She also started the annual Summer Writers’ Week, which Our Women of celebrates its 30th year this June, and the Master of Arts in Writing program, which has since become a Master of Fine Arts program. In 2003, the Dowd/ O’Gorman Writing Center was dedicated, honoring the the Sacred Heart contributions of Sister Ruth and Sister Eileen O’Gorman to the field of writing and literature on Manhattanville’s campus.

Sr. Mary T. Clark ’39

“…that the education given in schools would be profound Sister Clark taught enough to inspire the pupils to rebuild, renew, and philosophy at Manhattanville for over transform society, wherever they live.” 60 years, earned the title of Professor Emeritus of —Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat, Philosophy and received an honorary Doctorate Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart, 1802 of Humane Letters from Manhattanville in 1984. In 1997, The Mary T. Clark Manhattanville College has experienced Toner, RSCJ ’65, former U.S. Provincial for RSCJ Chair of Christian Philosophy was established by many changes throughout the years — the Society of the Sacred Heart, said at the alumnae in her honor. becoming co-ed, adding to its beautiful reception. campus, becoming fully nondenominational. Alumnae traveled near and far to join in Sr. Ann Conroy ’47 Through the changes, its commitment to the celebration of Sisters Ruth Dowd ’40, academic excellence and social and civic Mary T. Clark ’39, and former Dean of Sister Conroy, who action have not faltered. Students and current Trustee, Ann Conroy is still active on the Manhattanville’s mission embraces the ’47. Manhattanville Board College’s tradition to “educate students to be “Each of these women has been a force of Trustees, returned to ethical and socially-responsible leaders in a of nature in her field,” Alice Burns ’70, Manhattanville, after a global community. ” Vice President and President elect for the career in advertising, During Reunion 2012, a special Associated Alumnae/i of the Sacred Heart, as the Dean of Students reception was held to honor three of said. “Moreover, it is important to reflect in 1968. She held our women of the Sacred Heart for their how their influence upon our lives extended this position until 1972 before completing her longstanding commitment and dedication to beyond the classroom and the administrative final preparations and going to Rome for her final the College and to the Society of the Sacred office. They lived among us in the dorms. vows as a Religious of the Sacred Heart. She was Heart. Their doors were open for evening visits and awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by “The RSCJs set the pace, they far-ranging discussions of almost any subject Manhattanville in 1996. challenged us and formed us by word and in the universe, always willing to share their example to know the source of our idealism, knowledge and world view, always willing to and they opened new vistas to us,” Paula listen to ours.”

12 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Q/A with Gail M. Simmons, Ph.D. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Manhattanville College’s Strategic Plan

How will the Strategic Plan help global awareness. While there are other is like a big lens to really bring all of those to position Manhattanville as an liberal arts institutions that do these things, things into sharp focus. independent liberal arts college and we have a very long history of walking that community-centered graduate school in walk and we continue to do so. This helps How is the plan being implemented? the greater New York City area? us make sure that our efforts going forward Each of the divisions of the College, are focused on these things. Our mission and The object of the Strategic Plan is representing each of the Vice Presidents, history, combined with our campus’s location predicated on the idea that the best way has been asked to take the Strategic Plan in the greater New York area, means that we that Manhattanville can position itself is to framework and develop a series of key are able to realize something very powerful. use its mission, which delves deeply into performance indicators that will measure how Manhattanville’s history and yet is relevant their division is succeeding and moving us for today and the future. We use our mission What is the overall goal of the Strategic toward the goals of the Strategic Plan. That statement to frame everything that we do at Plan? Why was it developed? means that each division has to think about the College. So when the Strategic Plan was The goal of the plan is to raise what the overall goal of the Strategic Plan developed we used that mission statement as Manhattanville’s status as being a truly means for their division. the basis for the construction of the plan. competitive institution in our market by For example, in Academic Affairs Manhattanville’s mission statement leveraging what we have historically done we say that we want to maintain our focus focuses on our tradition of service, with new directions and new areas that are on programs around social justice and community involvement, social justice, and relevant to our mission. The Strategic Plan community engagement and so forth. To

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 13 develop new majors/minors, we need to think four year duration. We restructured the Are we on target to complete the about whether or not what we are developing academic support services, made changes Strategic Plan by 2014? is consistent with our mission and is in how residence life is managed and In many respects, I think that we are responsive to students’ interests and if it does, maintained and re-evaluated and changed our fulfilling what we said we were going to in fact, move our plan forward. physical plant. Ultimately, last year a great accomplish in the Strategic Plan. To reiterate, In Student Affairs the focus is on the deal of time and effort was spent focusing on last year the focus was on retention. This same things but in regards to programming, retention initiatives across the divisions. year, the focus is on academic programs and activities, how the residence life program This year, our focus will be redirected to enrollment. In 2013/2014, one of the salient is designed, and the way in which service academic programs and the steps that can be points that will be addressed in the Strategic opportunities are developed. taken to attract new students to the college at Plan will be sustainability, particularly Operations would look at how our both the undergraduate and graduate levels. financial sustainability. We are currently in physical plant is configured and maintained. The emphasis will be on enrollment and the process of ascertaining the 2013/2014 Each Vice President is required to academic quality and innovation. budget so we are figuring out what needs to read the Strategic Plan through the lens of be done to make certain that our innovations how it will work What are some of are sustainable. for their program the changes that specifically. They have taken place that What are the tools we use to measure the are responsible to can be attributed to effectiveness of the Strategic Plan? figure out how to implementing the We have hired an Assistant Provost of measure the success Strategic Plan? Institutional Effectiveness, Dr. Michaela of the program. A student or Rome. Her job is to help us develop the tools needed to measure the effectiveness of the What are the top visitor re-entering the campus at Strategic Plan. Part of that is developing priorities of the Manhattanville a firm matrix of the Key Performance Strategic Plan? College would notice Indicators; what are the things you are going The Strategic the renovation and to measure; and figuring out how you acquire Plan was developed aesthetic changes to the data. So, Michaela is now overseeing focusing on four the physical plant. institutional research because those things key priorities: 1) Renovations from go hand-in-hand. You have to devise a Creating excellent upgrading the flooring, system to acquire the data for what we do in and innovative bathrooms and order to measure institutional effectiveness. academic programs residence halls to the Michaela’s job is to meet with all the Vice that connect the The goal of the plan is to additional landscaping Presidents, Directors, and staff to help them liberal arts to life; raise Manhattanville’s of the campus Quad. figure out the easiest way to measure the 2) Attracting, In addition, we effectiveness of the program. involving, and status as being a truly have new high-tech transforming competitive institution in smart classrooms in How has the plan been rolled out to the students; 3) Brownson Hall, new Manhattanville community? Supporting our market by leveraging public bathrooms It was a process that took almost an and celebrating what we have historically and the refinishing entire academic year. As the plan developed, the college and addition of air the Board was given an overview of the plan and its larger done with new directions conditioning in the in Fall 2011. We rolled out versions of the community and and new areas that are West Room. And the plan to both the Faculty Assembly and the 4) Strengthening relevant to our mission. total renovation of Staff Assembly as it became richer and more institutional the Library, which is concise. As we got closer to completion, leadership and designed to focus space we distributed the versions of the plan to infrastructure. on student needs and academic support for the College community for comments and students. Anyone returning to the campus feedback, which we incorporated. Finally, Is there one division we have focused on would be pleasantly surprised by the extent last spring we made a final presentation more than the others? and totality of the refurbishing of the physical of the Strategic Plan to faculty, staff, and The divisions that have been given the plant. students, which was approved by the Board greatest focus have been Academic Affairs, of Trustees. Student Affairs, and Enrollment but there How was it developed? Who was has also been a lot of attention in the area involved? How can readers review a copy of the of Operations. Last year, one topic given The Strategic Planning Committee Strategic Plan? considerable attention around the Strategic had members from across the community The overview of the Strategic Plan can Plan had to do with student retention because ranging from trustees, students, faculty, be found on the Manhattanville College we strive to provide a good academic and staff, and administrators. It was very broadly website. (http://www.mville.edu/about/ non-academic experience to all students, constituted and consisted of a large number of strategic-plan.html) ensuring that they will stay with us for the participants.

14 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 The School of Graduate and Professional Studies: ReDesigned programs launched • Finance • Business Leadership • Marketing Communications Management • Human Resource Management and Organizational Effectiveness

By Anthony Davidson, M.B.A., Ph.D. Dean, The School of Graduate and Professional Studies

his past year has seen great changes at Marketing. Our Finance degree retains its Growth and Innovation, Transitioning from The School of Graduate and Professional title but students can now select between Manager to Leader, and Business Strategies TStudies (GPS). Since launching our first the Corporate Finance concentration and for a Globally Diverse Workforce, are taught Masters of Science degree in Organizational the Investment Management concentration, with academic rigor by an outstanding faculty Management and depending on whether who are practicing leaders in their fields and Human Resource their career paths exceptional educators who bring real-world Development in 1993, are taking them experience and networking opportunities into we have expanded to Main Street or the classroom. over the years to six Wall Street. Finally, We held several Sport Business graduate programs. We the Organizational Management related events at the end of last have now successfully Management and year, including a Sport Business Career Fair completed the first Human Resource in late November, with about 300 people in major curriculum Development program attendance and close to 30 exhibitors. There redesign of these has been retitled to was also an alumni event for Sport Business programs since their Human Resource and an ESPN HR career-networking event. inception, receiving Management and Additionally, a five-person panel assembled New York State Organizational with HR professionals discussed Human Education Department Effectiveness and now Resource Strategic and Global Planning. approval for all our boasts two clearly In addition to the above-mentioned initiatives back in defined concentrations, events, the School’s highlight of the year was December 2012. enabling the student the visit by Leonel Fernandez, the immediate In Spring 2013, we launched these to choose between the strategic side of the past President of the Dominican Republic. redesigned graduate programs. Business discipline and the steward side. After spearheading a roundtable discussion Leadership is an applied business degree with Along with our MS in International with Westchester County corporate and the opportunity to focus on either the soft or Management and MS in Sport Business political leaders on Regional Development hard skills needed to excel in today’s business Management degrees, all of our programs in a Global Context moderated by Matt climate, and it replaces the former degree are ideal for individuals who want to Samson, news anchor of Channel 12, Leadership and Strategic Management. acquire or update their core competencies President Fernandez met with Dominican Integrated Marketing Communications and general business education, while students, Provost Simmons, and President has been transformed into Marketing equipping themselves with the specialized Strauss. At the day’s conclusion, Dean Communication Management, offering the tools to thrive in their career path. The Davidson and the President met in his office student a more expansive approach to the courses, which now include exciting and to solidify potential collaborations between field with the opportunity to gain exposure contemporary topics such as Social Media the Dominican Republic and The School of to Public Relations, Communication, and and the Business Imperative, Generating Graduate and Professional Studies.

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 15 In February, Fiorito reported for Spring Training in Tampa. His level of play will be Dan Fiorito ’12 assessed and he will be assigned to a team within the Yankees minor league system. Additionally, Fiorito will get the opportunity to play for his favorite team in Signs with his favorite position – shortstop – now played NY Yankees

an Fiorito ’12 has been playing baseball most of the opportunity, so I worked hard and for as long as he can remember. He hoped the best would turn out and fortunately Dhas dreamed of playing professional it did.” baseball and in August 2012, the 22-year A few days later, Fiorito flew to Tampa

by his favorite player of all time, Derek Jeter. “Being in the same organization as Derek Jeter is crazy,” Fiorito said. “I’m just going to keep working and hopefully the major league dream will come true someday.” Fiorito is only the second player in program history to sign a professional contract, joining former Valiant-great Bob Lasbury ’93, who was drafted in the 14th round of the 1993 MLB Entry Draft. In 2012, Fiorito was named the Freedom Conference Player of the Year and an ABCA third-team All-American to top off four different All-Region honors. Manhattanville’s Co-Male Athlete of the Year in 2012, Fiorito set new single-season records at the school with 12 home runs and 111 total bases while ranking sixth on the single-season lists in runs scored and hits, and seventh in slugging old realized his dream when the New York for a second workout. His skills were so percentage. Yankees invited him to a workout. impressive that the Yankees didn’t have him With all that excitement in August, On August 16, Fiorito headed to Yankee stop in Staten Island for a second workout Fiorito still had months to wait until he would Stadium to showcase his skills to earn a before heading to Florida. On August 21, get to see more action on the baseball front. position with his favorite baseball program. Fiorito signed on the dotted line. He was now He returned to Manhattanville to continue his “It was crazy getting to play in in contract with the New York Yankees. graduate studies in Physical Education. He Yankee Stadium,” he said. “I was a diehard “This is a dream come true,” the all-star hopes that during the off-season, he will be fan growing up, so it was all a little shortstop said. “I can’t wait to go down there able to complete another semester and finish overwhelming, but I wanted to make the and play in Tampa for the Yankees.” up the program by the end of the year.

16 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 New B.A. program introduced: Sport Studies Starting in the fall of 2013, Manhattanville Psychology and the first Sport Studies organizations, leagues and agencies as well College will offer a new Bachelor of Arts director added, “Students with Sport Studies as with youth, amateur and collegiate sports. degree in Sport Studies, building on the as a major will probe the history, sociology, These internship experiences can be used college’s national reputation for its Master in physiology and psychology of sports and, in for academic credit toward the Sport Studies Sport Business Management program. addition, will learn about the practical side degree and provide real-world experience in “As the global growth of the sports of the industry — business, management, the field of sport. industry continues, this new interdisciplinary marketing and communications. The faculty Sport Studies students will also have major exemplifies Manhattanville’s strategic will be drawn from existing faculty at the opportunity to apply to the School of goal to develop programs that ‘connect the Manhattanville who are experts in all of those Graduate and Professional Studies and take liberal arts to life’ for our undergraduates,” disciplines, and have a keen and common graduate courses in the Master in Sport said Dr. Gail Simmons, Provost and Vice interest in the exciting world of sport.” Business Management program, while President for Academic Affairs. “Students in The Sport Studies program is co-directed simultaneously pursuing their undergraduate Sport Studies will be well-grounded in core by Dr. Jessyca Arthur-Cameselle, also in the degree in Sport Studies. liberal arts disciplines, but also exceptionally Department of Psychology at Manhattanville This addition will serve well to attract well prepared to advance their education and a certified sport psychologist. a new section of prospective undergraduates for careers in sport, ranging from teaching, With this expansion in the undergraduate and aid towards the lateral growth of the coaching, business, marketing, counseling, curriculum, current and future students will College’s extensive undergraduate program. training, and rehabilitation.” benefit via internship opportunities available Dr. Anthony Santucci, Professor of with prominent professional sports teams,

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 17 Manhattanville on the Road

In 2010, Manhattanville’s Office of Alumni Laguna Beach widely scattered. It was interesting to meet Relations and Annual Giving sent a survey some of the younger people.” to all alumni with active email addresses. Snee, Chair and Associate Professor Among many other questions, the survey of Communication Studies, joined the NYC and DC asked alumni to rank the types of events Manhattanville faculty in Fall 2012 and soon they were most interested in attending. after starting the semester, traveled to Laguna Alumni aren’t just gathering at houses From social to family to professional events, Beach, California, to give a lecture on or venues to hear lectures either. There was a alumni replied in overwhelming numbers “Digital Propaganda: Political Documentary printmaking workshop held in New York City that they were most interested in intellectual in the Internet Age.” He spoke about political with Professors Randy Williams and Gillian events. However, there was a recurring documentaries and how they have changed Greenhill-Hannum, and in October, alumni in theme that surfaced from many alumni who over the years, the effect of Fahrenheit Washington, D.C., were invited to a walking stated that they lived too far away from the 9/11 on viewpoints about documentaries, tour of the “First U.S. Exhibition to Explore Manhattanville campus to attend such events. and how 2016, which came out before the Renaissance Augsburg’s Rich Traditions Responding to this feedback, the election, might affect public opinions of the and Innovations in Works on Paper” at the Alumni Relations and Annual Giving team candidates. National Gallery of Art with curator Gregory sprung into action, and in 2011 created “We talked a little bit about the anti- Jecmen ’83. Following the tour, Professor Manhattanville On the Road, a program Obama film and it was interesting because Megan Cifarelli, Director of Museum Studies, that reconnects alumni to faculty at regional there was a mix of really, really far left met with alumni to discuss the behind-the- events. liberals and really far right conservatives, so scenes functions of planning and curating an “It brings faculty on the road so that the conversation became very interesting,” exhibit. alumni who cannot come back to campus Snee said. “Everybody was great; it was what “I was really impressed with the caliber to attend lectures or events can have that you would want political discourse to be — and curiosity of the alumni, and how strongly experience closer to home,” reports Jennifer intelligent and civil. We had younger and they felt about Manhattanville,” Cifarelli Griffin, Assistant Director of Alumni older people, conservatives and liberals, but said. “They all felt it was a place where their Relations. they were united under the banner of being best selves had the chance to learn and grow proud Manhattanville graduates.” up, and a genuine community where people Los Angeles, Boston, and Philadelphia The Laguna Beach event was held at cared for each other.” the home of Francine Pace Scinto ’72 and The Office of Alumni Relations & Since its inception, Manhattanville On her husband Daniel Scinto. They hosted a Annual Giving is hoping to visit new cities in the Road has traveled to six­­­­ cities, including weekend afternoon event that brought many 2013 and continue to bring alumni together Los Angeles, Boston, and Philadelphia. area alumni together for appetizers, wine and across the country. Faculty members including Gillian Greenhill- good discussion. Hannum, Irene Whelan, Randy Williams, Jeff “I think it’s a much nicer atmosphere This program would not be possible without the generous Bens, Megan Cifarelli, and Brian Snee have to reconnect at home,” Scinto said. “It’s and enthusiastic support of alumni. If you are interested participated in the program. a lot more personal and I think a lot more in hosting a faculty member for an event in your home or interesting for people. People don’t tend region, please contact the Office of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving at [email protected]. to know other alums in the area. They are

18 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Commencement 2013 Speakers

Graduate Commencement David Berliner, Ph.D. Thursday, May 16, 2013 Commencement 7 p.m.; The Quad David C. Berliner, Regents’ Professor Emeritus of 2012 Re-cap Education at Arizona State University, is a member On May 19, 2012, Manhattanville College held its 171st Undergraduate Commencement of the National Academy Ceremony on the Quad. This joyous day was marked by an inspirational speech from our of Education, and a past President of the American distinguished keynote speaker and alumna, Kitty Pilgrim ’76, former CNN correspondent. Educational Research Pilgrim is a world-renowned journalist and author of popular fiction. She worked as a reporter Association (AERA). He is the recipient of awards and anchor at CNN global network for 24 years. for distinguished contributions from APA, AERA, Manhattanville College proudly bestowed Doctor of Humane Letters degrees on three and the National Education Association. Dr. recipients who have lived their lives according to the College’s principles: Kitty Pilgrim; Berliner has also authored more than 200 published Geoffrey Canada, President and CEO of the Harlem Children’s Zone, Inc, who delivered articles, technical reports, and book chapters. the Graduate Commencement keynote; and Elizabeth McCormack ’44, alumna, Trustee and former Manhattanville College President, 1966-74, who spoke at the Baccalaureate and Honors Convocation. Baccalaureate and Honors Convocation Marlene Sallo Friday, May 17, 2013 4 p.m.; O’Byrne Chapel

Marlene Sallo ’86, Special Assistant to the Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, assists in making recommendations directly to the Oval Office when civil rights infractions have occurred in various departments of government. She has been a member of the American Bar Association’s Commission on Youth at Risk since 2010 and was named one of the Outstanding Subcommittee Chairs for the ABA Litigation Section for 2009- 2010.

Undergraduate Commencement Dina Temple-Raston Saturday, May 18, 2013 11 a.m.; The Quad

Dina Temple-Raston reports on counterterrorism at home and abroad for NPR News. A long-time foreign correspondent for Bloomberg News in Asia, Temple-Raston opened Bloomberg’s Shanghai and Hong Kong offices, working for both Bloomberg’s financial wire, and radio operations. Along with her background in journalism and news reporting, Temple-Raston is also an award-winning author of the book, A Death in Texas, which was chosen as one of the Washington Post’s Best Books of 2002. Some of her other books include Justice on the Ground and The Jihad Next Door.

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 19 Sixty years at purchase By Aarushi Bhandari ’13

co-ed, opened in February. It is anticipated ixty years ago, Manhattanville that Heritage Hall will be completed for Reunion and will showcase Manhattanville’s College, then Manhattanville College early years all the way to today. It also will include electronic panels showing images of of the Sacred Heart, left its home of faculty, students, and alumni along with the history of the college, as well as podcasts. more than a century on the Upper West Heritage Hall will expand to other areas Side of Manhattan, and moved 28 of the campus in the coming years. There are plans for annexes on campus including in Smiles north to the former estate of newspaper Brownson Hall, the Library, Kennedy Gym, magnate and ambassador Whitelaw Reid, in Reid Hall, and the Berman Students’ Center. Heritage Hall Committee Purchase, New York. • Tun Aung • Megan Cifarelli Since then Manhattanville College and Proclamations were given by former • Jim Frank its thousands of students and alumni have Assemblyman Robert Castelli ad Steve Otis, • Gillian Greenhill-Hannum grown the 100-acre campus into a community former Chief of Staff for Suzi Oppenheimer • Monique Mitchell ’14 and embraced the surrounding suburban area, and current New York State Assemblyman. • JJ Pryor providing hours of community service and “The birth of this hallway grew from • Brian Snee bringing youth and continued prosperity to a desire to embrace the rich history of this • Jean Strauss the neighborhood. college campus so that visitors and residents • Greg Swedberg In honor of the College’s 60th alike can share in the wonderful tapestry that • Morgan Thomas ’14 anniversary in Purchase last October, is Manhattanville,” First Lady Jean Strauss, • Teresa Weber Manhattanville unveiled Phase I of Heritage member of the Heritage Hall Committee, • Cat Wilson ’13 Hall, celebrating its history and showcasing said. • Lauren Ziarko its standing as a nationally ranked liberal arts Phase II, highlighting the College’s college. The anniversary celebration included dedication to social and civic action and its a crowd of over 100 community members. journey to becoming nondenominational and

20 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 21 ere, we shall live as a united student body passionate about Social Justice global family,” Mother Eleanor in all forms. HO’Byrne said in her Dedication In September 1966, the Board of “Day speech, looking over the Castle at the Trustees changed the official College bylaws, beautiful Purchase location that has been and Manhattanville has been a religiously the home of Manhattanville College since non-denominational institution since then. that October day in 1952. The College, then On December 7, 1962 the College’s name known as Manhattanville College of the was officially changed from Manhattanville Sacred Heart, has undergone a variety of College of the Sacred Heart to Manhattanville changes since, yet Mother O’Byrne’s words College. have continually echoed in our mission, as Another lasting change occurred in we have grown in the last sixty years as a 1972 when Manhattanville welcomed its first remarkable global community. In these years, co-educational class. These major changes, the campus at Purchase has created its own that distinguish what Manhattanville is rich history. today, are amongst After City College acquired the old the highlights of the campus in Manhattanville, New York, for last sixty years in $8,808,620, Manhattanville moved to the Purchase. This shift was followed by a curriculum transformation that closely matches the one the College continues Sixty to implement. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided a grant that enabled the then members of the community to overhaul the undergraduate curriculum, incorporating the preceptorial, now known as Years the First Year Seminar, designed to bridge the academic gap while transitioning from high AT Purchase school to college. In addition, the Portfolio System, a personalized and guided self- assessment charting the development of each former estate of diplomat Whitelaw Reid. student, was adopted. Manhattanville was On Dedication Day, October 1, 1952, the the first college to use the Portfolio system, campus had only five buildings: Reid Castle, Benziger Dining Hall, Founders Dormitory, Brownson Academic Building, and the Pius X Music Building. Within the next five years, both Spellman Hall – named after Francis Cardinal Spellman, the Sixth Archbishop of New York – and the Kennedy Gymnasium - constructed with generous funds from the Lieutenant Joseph Kennedy Jr. Foundation, dedicated by Mrs. Rose Kennedy for her daughter Kathleen Lady Hartington, who died in a plane crash in 1948 - were built. Shortly after, in August 1960, Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart was named the Social Action Secretariat of the National Federation of Catholic College Students (N.F.C.C.S.), signifying the College’s dedication to Social Action. Manhattanville continues to be recognized for its excellent community service efforts and a

MANHATTANVILLE 1952: College 1962: Manhattanville 1972: College MILESTONES moves to diplomat College of the becomes co- Whitlaw Reid’s Sacred Heart’s educational and former estate in name changes curriculum changes Purchase to Manhattanville to incorporate the College preceptorial and portfolio system

22 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Campus Renovations

In 2012, Manhattanville College underwent rigorous renovations, including the addition of 14 “smart” classrooms, restructuring of the quad to improve walkways and landscaping, and the library to enhance and incorporate faculty services, including ARC, Academic Writing, ePortfolio, and the Center for Teaching and Learning.

which soon after became popular amongst Places in recognition of its historical and many highly ranked colleges and universities architectural significance. throughout the nation. Also of architectural significance is A year later, in 1974, Manhattanville the Ohnell Environmental Center, built in became a part of architectural history, as the 2006 and designed by Maya Lin, architect, U.S. Department of the Interior designated known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Reid Hall in the National Register of Historic Memorial. Constructed of recycled materials and designed in a way to maximize renewable energy, the classroom accompanied an overall improvement of the surrounding environment. The Holladay Stream was cleared of debris and invasive vegetation, and a Living Machine, a device made of living organisms, was developed to purify the water. A more recent building, the Richard A. Berman Students’ Center, completed in 2008 under former President Richard Berman, continued the dedication to environmental sustainability, receiving a “Gold Rating” from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System. The newest building on campus, the Student Center houses the Arthur M. Berger Art Gallery, a dance studio, state-of-the-art fitness center, the Dean of Student offices, WMVL Radio, and more.

1982: WMVL 1992: Faculty 2002: Ohnell 2012: Phase I Radio is founded; Housing is Environmental of Heritage Hall Manhattanville’s completed Center and Berman unveiled in first Quad Jam takes Students Center are dedication of 60th place completed Anniversary in Purchase

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 23 A Valiant Effort 2012-13 Roundup

DeChent Named an NFHCA athletes to achieve at least a 3.20 All-American cumulative GPA. The men’s It was a record-setting soccer team led all Valiant teams year on the field for junior with eight honorees, followed by Amanda DeChent, who was the women’s soccer and indoor named the program’s first-ever track teams with five selections All-American with a spot on each. the National Field Hockey In addition, 20 men’s Coaches Association first team hockey and 10 women’s hockey in November. The forward also players were named to the earned NFHCA All-Mid-Atlantic ECAC All-Academic Teams, Region first-team honors and was which require student-athletes to named the Freedom Conference register a 3.00 cumulative GPA. Player of the Year. Thirteen Valiant seniors As a junior, she smashed earned their third consecutive school and Freedom Conference academic honors: Kirstin Hallett Keston George records for goals and points in (WSOC); Kayla Meenan (FH); a season, scoring 30 goals and winners) and 23 assists for 109 All-Region recipients in program Erick Olazabal, Sebastian Siring adding 13 assists for 73 points. points in only 35 games as a history while also earning and Zack Weidner (MSOC); She ended the regular season Valiant. four consecutive All-Freedom Craig Augustine (MBB); Mike ranked nationally among the Conference first-team selections Szarkowicz (MTrack); Jason Division III leaders, tied for George ’11 Named to MAC (2008-11). In addition, he was Bowles, Scott Hudson, Brett second in Division III in points, 100 All-Century Team named the Freedom Conference Skalski and Ron Smith (MHOC); third in goals and 16th in assists. Rookie of the Year in 2008 and and Katie Little and Lynsey Keston George ’12 was Schill (WHOC). In only two seasons at named to the Middle Atlantic the Freedom Conference Player Manhattanville, DeChent has of the Year in 2009. George Conference All-Century Team 26 Fall/Winter Athletes Earn already broken the program’s for the 2003-11 era. finished his decorated career All-Conference Honors career goals and points records George had a nearly fourth all-time in goals and as well. Heading into her unmatched career on the field for points at Manhattanville, scoring In addition to the academic senior season, she has 43 goals Manhattanville, finishing as one 35 goals with 20 assists for 90 accolades, 26 Valiants earned (including a record 12 game- of only two three-time NSCAA points in 76 career matches. 66 Valiants Honored for Academic Excellence Sixty-six Manhattanville fall and winter student-athletes were honored for excellence in the classroom, earning All- Academic honors from the MAC and ECAC conferences. All 10 sports were represented on the MAC Fall and Winter Academic Honor Rolls, which require student-

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24 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 used to benefit families involved with the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation.

Winter Milestones Multiple players reached impressive career milestones during the winter season, capping their successful Valiant careers. On the ice, men’s hockey senior Scott Hudson became the fourth player in program history to record 100 career points, while Bill Motherway also placing sixth in goals (41) and seventh in assists (60). All-Conference recognition for in preparation for the year-end Women’s hockey senior Katie their play during the fall and MAC Championships, which take Taylor Wilson Little also finished top-five in winter. place on April 28 at Golden Oaks program history in points, free-throw shooter (.840 percent) The men’s soccer team led G.C. in Fleetwood, PA. and three-point shooter (.348). all fall sports and tied a program record with a conference-best Men’s Basketball Hosts First Spring Preview eight All-Freedom honorees, AJ Buchanan Classic Weekend The softball team has followed by the women’s soccer The Manhattanville men’s and field hockey teams with three plenty of optimism entering basketball team honored a 2013, as head coach Dale Martin honorees each. The women’s former teammate by renaming volleyball team also made history returns to Purchase after five its annual Castle Classic event years at Fairleigh Dickinson and with its first-ever All-Conference the AJ Buchanan Classic, which selection. inherits a team that lost just one was held on December 7-8 in starter from last year’s Freedom The men’s hockey team led Purchase. The name honors all winter sports with four All- Conference runner-up squad. former teammate AJ Buchanan, Seniors Katie Pitcher, Alyssa Conference selections, followed who was partnered with the by the women’s hockey team Taylor and Jessica Van Galen all team by the Friends of Jaclyn earned All-Conference honors with three. The Valiant basketball Foundation in the spring of 2010 teams also combined for three last year and will be back to lead All-Freedom picks, with the Scott Hudson a potent offense that ranked third women’s team earning a pair of second-team selections and coming on 68 goals (including a the men’s team picking up one program-record 13 shorthanded selection. In addition, the Valiant tallies) and 62 assists. track & field team earned its first On the basketball court, individual championship at the senior Taylor Wilson became MAC Indoor Championships, the 12th Valiant to eclipse the as Bill Motherway won the 1,000-point mark on January 12, high jump on the way to All- 2013 and vaulted to fifth on the Conference first-team honors. school’s all-time list by finishing with 1,213 career points. She also Women’s Golf Begins Play for left as the school’s most accurate Will Sahakian First Time Manhattanville’s newest varsity sport began play on Katie Little September 22, as the Valiant women’s golf team under head before losing his battle with coach David Turco took part in cancer on February 1, 2012. the William Smith Invitational. The name change came with The Valiants took fourth place in a new vision for the weekend, the eight-team field with a two- as the Valiants also hosted a 5K day score of 919, led by freshman run/walk and a post-race brunch. Karla Molina, who took 19th All proceeds from the weekend place individually. The Valiants went directly to AJ’s family, and will take on a full spring schedule in future years the profits will be Alyssa Taylor

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 25 Manhattanville will look to seniors Johnny LoVetere, Sean Ferguson and John Bucci to spearhead an offense that hit .340 with 260 runs scored in 2012. The men’s lacrosse team looks to continue rebuilding its roster with a young and enthusiastic freshman group that joins a solid group of returning performers. The Valiants return two of their top four scorers from a season ago in seniors Will Sahakian (16g, 20a) and Bill Motherway (14g, 5a), while Jessica Van Galen senior goalkeeper Dom Poletto Melissa Goncalves looks to cap off a solid four-year in Division III in home runs per Honovich, who rank eighth and the Middle Atlantic Conference career in goal. game in 2012. ninth in program history in career title in its first year, while both The women’s lacrosse The baseball team will points entering the season. young outdoor track teams look to team will look to surprise in rely heavily on a strong pitching The Valiant golf and track surprise in the competitive MAC 2013 under the direction of rotation in 2013 headlined by the & field teams also look forward landscape. first-year head coach Courtney last two Freedom Conference to the year-end conference For more information on Burhans. The team’s offense Rookies of the Year, junior Alex championships. The men’s golf Manhattanville Athletics, visit us should again be a strength led Basso and sophomore Michael team looks for its fourth straight online at www.GoValiants.com by a pair of All-Conference Lyon, who combined for eight Freedom Conference title and or follow us on Facebook, Twitter performers in senior Melissa wins a season ago. Offensively, the women look to make a run at and YouTube! Goncalves and junior Casandra

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26 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 ALUMNI NEWS

28 Alumni Association 28 Alumni Board 29 Reunion 2012 32 Young Alumni Society 34 Events Recap 38 Class Notes 46 Congratulations, Condolences 48 Board of Trustees 49 President’s Advisory Council

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 27 manhattanville college alumni association alumni board 2013

The Manhattanville Alumni Association Board welcomed new members in the 2012/2013 year Warren Mason ’98, President to continue its mission to support the College in its endeavors, to broaden relationships with Carol Scafati ’63, Vice President alumni, to grow regional clubs, and to advocate for programs and services in which our alumni are interested. The Alumni Association Board is currently composed of 26 alumni from various Jacqueline Matuza ’03, Secretary disciplines who strive to fulfill this mission through continual feedback and support from our alumni. Members of the Alumni Association Board, who each bring a unique set of skills, work Jose Barbosa ’01* in committees to further the mission of both the Board and the College. Such committees as Enrique Benitez II, Esq. ’96 Reunion, Clubs/Events, Communications, Nominating, and Development seek to enhance programming and messaging between alumni and the College. Volunteers work in concert with Annemarie Bettica Ph.D. ’94 MA ’99 the Office of Institutional Advancement on efforts to engage alumni across all decades. Beverlie Brooks MA ’98 In early 2013, a call for nominations was sent to alumni to identify additional alumni volunteers to join this evolving group of leaders. Careful consideration will be given to each Elizabeth Ronnenberg Brown ’58 candidate by members of the nominating committee in the following months. The Board Anne Byrne RSCJ ’60 encourages all alumni to get involved and to meet current members of the Alumni Association James Connolly ’83 Board at scheduled alumni events throughout the year. Jose Cruz ’75 Catherine “Cappy” Devlin ’62* Sheila Falvey Finnerty ’86 John Galgano Esq. ’00 Ofelia Garcia ’69, Alumni Trustee Darlene D’Alliessi Gandolfi Ph.D. ’98 Cheryl Hill ’73 Deborrah Belcher Karim ’71 Inna Kupriyanova ’07 Joseph Narus ’86* Martha Dadd Nelson ’60 Monique Prinos MS ’02, ex-officio Katherine Santone ’59 Katy Tucci MS ’05 Michael Watson MS ’96, Alumni Trustee Jeremy Wilson ’03

Many thanks to our departing board members for their time and commitment: The Honorable Beth Bozzuto ’85 Sheila McCauley ’59

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28 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Alumni Reunion

Reunion 2012 celebrated milestones for the classes ending in “2” and “7.” Alumni returned to campus the weekend of June 8-10, 2012 to celebrate and commemorate this special occasion. Alumni and guests enjoyed a variety of programming options, including tickets to a Yankees/Mets Subway Series game, a panel talk with alumni in politics, as well as a “History of Chocolate” discussion featuring Professor Larry Krute of the Department of Education. But it was the moments between 1 these events that were most memorable, the time to catch up with friends and classmates Young Alumni Society [MYAS] co-hosted Nancy King. Read more about this special and share memories of time spent on campus their third annual Throwback Alumni Pub event on page 12. and beyond. Party, which gathered a great crowd from the We look forward to Reunion 2013 to Classes of 1982-2007! celebrate classes ending in “3” and “8.” The weekend concluded with a tribute Save the Date! Reunion 2013 is June 7-9, to our Sacred Heart legacy, honoring three of 2013 our beloved alumnae and faculty members. 1. Alumni and their families join Professor Larry Sisters Ann Conroy, Mary T. Clark, and Ruth Krute for a “History of Chocolate” tasting Dowd were honored by distinguished guests 2. Sylvia Quarles Simmons ’57 accepts the Paula Toner RSCJ, U.S. Provincial for the Outstanding Service Award on behalf of Mary Kay Sacred Heart, Alice Burns, Vice President and Tracy Farley ’57, from Warren Mason, President of President Elect for the Associated Alumnae/i the Alumni Association Board of the Sacred Heart and our hostess, Trustee 3. Class of 2007 celebrates their 5th Reunion

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1. Class of 1967 poses for a photo at their class meeting 4. Members of the Class of 1987 pose for a photo in front of the Castle 2. Members of the Class of 1962 congratulate their classmate Sook Nyul Choi 5. The family of Jeanette Michael ’72, along with D’Oniece Shaw Dillard ’74 and (center) on her Distinguished Alumni Award Cheryl Hill ’73 accept the posthumous Distinguished Alumni Award. 3. Class of 1972 poses for a photo in front of Reid Hall 6. Members of the Class of 1982 & 1983 at the Reunion celebration

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The Manhattanville Young Alumni Society [MYAS] fosters a lifelong engagement between recent graduates (Classes 1997- 2012) and Manhattanville College. Led by co-chairs Ryan Beaudry ’08 and Amanda Kis ’07, along with Communications Chair Frank Furbacher ’09 and Alumni Office representative Jennifer Griffin ’07, the MYAS Planning Committee is comprised of 25 young alumni members charged with shaping the Young Alumni Society mission and objectives and planning events that focus on this special group of alumni. 1 Since its establishment in March 2010, MYAS has hosted numerous on and off campus events and programs to cultivate and continue to engage young alumni. They have established traditions such as the Alumni Beer Garden at Quad Jam and Fall Fest’Ville and the Throwback Alumni Pub Party during Reunion weekend. MYAS has also teamed up with the Center for Career Development on events such as Backpack to Briefcase and the annual Power Networking Dinner to help students understand the transition from life at Manhattanville into the “real world” and how the College can continue to play a major role in their lives. If you are a recent graduate and would like to get involved with the Manhattanville Young Alumni Society, please visit our facebook page [www.facebook.com/ MvilleYAS] or email us at youngalumni@ mville.edu. 2

1. Baseball Alumni catch up and catch some sun at the Annual History BBQ 2. Former softball players Brianne Previti Albano ’07, Casey Killard ’07 and Amanda Buonomo McLarnon ’07 supporting classmate Alissa Tyghter ’07 as she received the Recent Graduate Service Award at Reunion 2012 3. Class of 2009 grabbing a few snacks at the Alumni reception at Quad Jam

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➤➤ April 28, 2012 Quad Jam Quad Jam 2012 was a beautiful day featuring student performances and Rich Harris ’05 and his band mates from HI-DEF. The evening capped off with performances by headliners, DEV and Outasight!

➤➤ May 11, 2012 Career Series Closing: Entrepreneur Workshop In continuation of 2011’s ‘Women Entrepreneurs’ event hosted at the showroom of Josie Natori ’68, this year’s event showcased alumni entrepreneurs 1 who shared their personal journeys and professional experiences in starting their own business. Held in NYC at history and future directions with the University Club, the full-day event President and Mrs. Strauss. featured alumni panels and networking opportunities, as well as a keynote ➤➤ August 23, 2012 Young Alumni Rooftop presentation from Trustee Helaine Smith Happy Hour DMD ’88 and a special presentation from Over 50 young alumni came together Christine Labate ’94 on social media. for a summer happy hour hosted by the Manhattanville Young Alumni Society ➤➤ May 16, 2012 Westchester Alumni at the beautiful Sutton Place rooftop bar. Reception with President Jon Strauss Alumni had a great time catching up 2 President and Mrs. Jon C. Strauss with one another and kicked off another joined alumni in the Westchester exciting year! the Manhattanville community gathered area for cocktails and conversation at on a beautiful morning to create a team the Westchester Country Club. Host ➤➤ September 29, 2012 Manhattanville on the for the Annual Making Strides Against Committee: Betty Ronnenberg Brown Road: Laguna Beach, CA Breast Cancer, hosted on the campus. ’58 & Jack Brown, Mary Helen Cronin Francine Pace Scinto ’72 and Daniel Scinto hosted alumni in the Laguna Beach Jordan ’58, Ada Ryan Gallo ’85. ➤ October 17, 2012 Arthur M. Berger Lecture area at their home to meet Brian Snee ➤ This year’s lecture was presented ➤➤ June 8-10, 2012 Reunion 2012 Ph.D., Chair and Associate Professor of by Barbara Kellum, Professor of Art Reunion 2012 celebrated classes ending Communication Studies, who presented History at Smith College. Her lecture, in 2 and 7. Alumni enjoyed programming his discussion, “Digital Propaganda: titled “All in the Family: the Loquacious throughout the weekend that included Political Documentary in the Internet Objects of Augustan Rome,” examined faculty lectures, a beer garden on the quad Age.” some of the best known monuments of and a history of chocolate tasting! See the the city of Rome, shedding new light on full recap in the Reunion section. ➤➤ October 6, 2012 Manhattanville College Wine Dinner their political significance. ➤ June 21, 2012 New York City Alumni Alumni and friends enjoyed a lovely ➤ ➤ October 26, 2012 Alumni Oktoberfest Reception with President Jon Strauss evening at Tarry Market (the precursor to ➤ Alumni in New York City kicked of Fall President and Mrs. Jon C. Strauss joined Mario Batali’s Eataly in New York City). Fest’Ville 2012 with an Oktoberfest alumni in the New York City area for Guests spent the evening tasting and themed Happy Hour. Young alumni cocktails and conversation at the Cosmo talking with artisans and experts at the enjoyed a fun night out for some after Club. Host Committee: Patricia McCann market. We would especially like to thank work drinks and kicked the weekend off ’60, Lee Albertson III ’79, Joe Narus ’86, our event chair, Nancy Jo Seaton ’88 who Valiant style! Renee Perigard Milstein ’93. helped make this special evening come to life and to our event sponsors, including ➤➤ October 27-28, 2012 Fall Fest’Ville ➤➤ August 16, 2012 Cocktails on the Cape Chopin Vodka. This year, Fall Fest’Ville was the Alumni and friends attended the annual culminating celebration of a week-long Cocktails on the Cape at the home of ➤➤ October 13-21, 2012 Alumni Service Week commemoration of our history, values, Trustee Maura Burke Morey ’62 and Manhattanville alumni and current and mission: Valiant Week. Students, Robert Morey. Trustee Marcia Pearce students volunteered their time to parents, alumni, faculty, and staff DeWitt ’69 and Trustee Morey invited revitalize a school in the Bronx, NY. They joined together for this fun event to alumni and friends to join them in helped to paint the athletics hallway of commemorate our 60th Anniversary on celebration of Manhattanville’s proud the school and a mural for the team. Also,

34 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 ➤➤ November 18, 2012 New York City Club Event: A Night at the Guggenheim The New York City Club hosted a night at the Guggenheim Museum with a pre- tour reception followed by a guided tour through the Picasso “Black and White” Exhibit.

➤➤ November 27, 2012 Alumni Career Panel: Alumni Careers in Sports A panel composed of alumni in the sports industry shared their experiences and networked with fellow alumni and current students with aspirations to break into this thriving industry. 3 ➤➤ December 1, 2012 Ice Skating at CitiPond, Bryant Park Back by popular demand, alumni from the NYC area joined us for our annual holiday gathering as we spent the day in Bryant Park’s beautiful ice skating rink, CitiPond. Alumni and their family and friends enjoyed this fun, exclusive outing as we got into the holiday spirit! 4 5 ➤➤ December 13, 2012 Cocktails and Conversation: Fairfield, CT Alumni and guests were welcomed at ➤➤ Saturday, November 3, 2012 Brooklyn Nets the home of Trustee, Don Callahan ’78 Game and Lisa Callahan for a special holiday Alumni and friends watched the Brooklyn gathering. Host Committee: Lu ’56 and Nets take on the Toronto Raptors in their Jack Morris, William M. McLean, Jr. new home: the Barclays Center during ’82, Dawn ’86 and Ken ’83 Clisham and NBA’s opening weekend! Manhattanville Stephanie Wanzer ’91. Basketball Men’s Head Coach, Pat 6 Scanlon joined us for this special event.

➤➤ November 7, 2012 Mville Visits Boston, MA the Purchase Campus. Our new exhibit, Alumni from the Boston area gathered Heritage Hall, was unveiled with a together for a special evening at the special ribbon cutting ceremony bringing Museum of Fine Arts where they enjoyed together the entire Manhattanville a walking tour led by Sylvia Quarles community. Simmons ’57 of the spectacular new wing, Art of the Americas. ➤ October 28, 2012 Manhattanville on the ➤ 1. Trustees Maura Burke Morey ’62, Marcia Pearce Road: Washington, DC ➤➤ November11, 2012 Elf, The Musical DeWitt ’69, Mary Foley Cooper ’69 and Mary Alumni from the D.C. area attended a Alumni and their families started Checco Gawlicki ’72 enjoying the views of the Cape special event at the National Gallery of the holiday season with a trip to see 2. Christian Andrade ’01 and Claudia Marin-Andrade Art. Guests enjoyed a walking tour of the everyone’s favorite elf, Buddy the Elf, on ’02 enjoy Fall Fest’Ville activities with their kids exhibit “First U.S. Exhibition to Explore Broadway! 3. Paul Lennihan MAT ’10, Monique Prinos MS ’05, Renaissance Augsburg’s Rich Traditions Katherine Santone ’59, David Bedard ’09, Jim Connolly ’83 and Paul Strotman catching up at the and Innovations in Works on Paper,” with ➤➤ Manhattanville 2000s Mixer: NYC Alumni Reception at the Cosmo Club. Curator, Gregory Jecmen ’83, Associate Washington, DC 4. Alumnae from the Class of 2010 celebrating Curator of old master prints and drawings Hosted by Meto Koloski ’05, Class Oktoberfest 2012 at the National Gallery of Art. Professor Chair and Christopher Wilken ’05, Class 5. Class agent, Christopher Wilken ’05, and Class of Art History and Director of Museum Agent, alumni from the DC area from the chair, Meto Koloski ’05, co-host the 2000s mixer in Studies, Megan Cifarelli also joined us to 2000s met up for a cocktail reception to Washington, DC. discuss the behind the scenes functions of reminisce about their days at the Ville. 6. Jose Cruz ’75 and children take a break from ice planning and curating an exhibit. skating at CitiPond in New York City

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➤➤ December 15, 2012 Philadelphia Holiday Pops Concert Alumni from the Philadelphia area joined us to celebrate the sounds of the Season with Peter Nero and the Philly Holiday Pops! Trustee Ofelia Garcia ’69 hosted a 1 pre-concert reception at her home in Old City, Philadelphia.

➤➤ December 20, 2012 The Washington, DC Chorus The holiday celebrations continued! Alumni from the Washington, D.C. area gathered to celebrate the sounds of the season at “A Candlelight Christmas” with The Washington Chorus. A special thank you to Cathy French ’68 and Karen Olson, RSCJ ’58, MA ’66 who graciously 2 3 hosted us at Stone Ridge. current Valiant teams as they both took ➤➤ January 17, 2013 New York City Lecture on Wilkes University, a special half-time Series: Sustainability ceremony at the Men’s Valiant game Alumni joined at the home of Trustee honored alumni Kevin Chadderton ’98 Elizabeth McCormack ’44 for a and Trevoy Pointer ’12 who were added night of multimedia storytelling to the 1,000 point banner. with Professors Christine Dehne and Sherie McClam. They shared their ➤➤ February 23, 2013 Manhattanville on the ethnographic exploration of the cultural Road: Mville at The Met 4 conditions in which an unlikely yet In honor of Black History Month, powerful partnership emerged between Deborah-Saleeby Mulligan, Visiting ➤ March 2-3, 2013 Alumni Service Weekend: Manhattanville faculty, students, and staff Professor in the Department of Art ➤ NYC, Boston & Miami seeking to better understand and promote History led a guided tour titled “The solutions for improving recycling Masterpieces of African and Native Alumni continued the Manhattanville behavior on the Manhattanville campus. Art at The Metropolitan Museum of mission and gave back to their Attendees had the special opportunity to Art.” Professor Saleeby-Mulligan is a communities in New York City, Boston enjoy the public unveiling of an original former Assistant Archivist at The Met and Miami during the Alumni Service Manhattanville documentary and engaged and shared her professional experiences Weekend 2013. Volunteer opportunities in a critical conversation about working and knowledge about this special exhibit were coordinated with the Alumni across traditional campus boundaries to in the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Association Board events committee. effect positive social change. Americas wing. ➤➤ March 3, 2013 Harry Potter Exhibit ➤➤ January 18, 2013 Young Alumni New Year ➤➤ February 28, 2013 Manhattanville 80s Alumni and families gathered to Happy Hour: Lucky Strike Manhattan Mixer: New York, NY experience Harry Potter – The Young alumni were invited to the 2nd Bringing back the 80s! A host committee Exhibition at Discovery Times Square. Annual New Year Happy Hour presented of 80s alumni invited their friends to The exhibit was back in NYC, after a by the Manhattanville Young Alumni gather for a night of reminiscing and widely successful world tour; showing Society. They kicked off the New Year celebration in New York City. Host the supreme artistry and amazing with some bowling at our happy hour at Committee: Joe Barney ’81, Jim Connolly craftsmanship that went into the making Lucky Strike Manhattan. ’83, Kristine Tedesco ’83, Ann Barney of the popular film series, Harry Potter. ’84, Joe DiCandio ’84, Charlie Massimo ➤ March 14, 2013 Cocktails and Conversation: ➤➤ February 2, 2013 Basketball Alumni Day ’84, Elizabeth Bozzuto ’85, Ada Gallo ’85, ➤ Boston, MA Over 40 former basketball athletes came Dawn Clisham ’86, Ani Khachian ’86, Joe back to campus for Alumni Basketball Narus ’86, Nanci Blaisdell ’88, Nancy Jo Trustee, Barbara Rogers RSCJ ’74 hosted Day! The players came together for Seaton ‘88, and Carla Williams ’88. alumni in the Boston area at the Newton an exciting alumni game followed by Country Day School of the Sacred a special luncheon. While cheering on the Heart for cocktails and conversation

36 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 with President Jon C. Strauss. Host Taylor Dance Company. The matinee Committee: Sylvia Quarles Simmons performance at the David Koch Theater ’57, Boston Club Co-Chair Mary Kane featured music by Part, Bach, and Mozart ’59, Ann Levis Smart ’70, Boston Club coupled with the stunning artistry of the Co-Chair Marie Dineen ’71, D.A. Hayden Paul Taylor dancers. A post performance ’77 and Nicole Ciccone Trainor ’03 wine reception on the First Ring Promenade capped this wonderful day. ➤➤ March 20, 2013 Mary T. Clark Chair of Christian Philosophy Lecture ➤➤ April 6, 2013 8th Annual Gregg Reidy Alumni came back to campus for the Basketball Classic annual Mary T. Clark Chair of Christian Alumni came out for the 8th anniversary Philosophy Lecture. This year’s lecture of the Gregg Reidy Basketball was given by Paul Kucharski, Visiting Tournament. This special event honors Assistant Professor of Philosophy to Gregg Reidy ’98 with all proceeds going discuss “Why be good?” toward the Manhattanville Basketball Program. ➤➤ March 23, 2013 NYC Club Event: Paul Taylor Dance Company ➤➤ April 11, 2013 Manhattanville on the Road: The New York City Club hosted a Hartford, CT 5 delightful afternoon at Lincoln Center Trustee Mary Gawlicki ’72 and Saad with the internationally acclaimed Paul Rehman ’11 hosted alumni for a private tour of the Mark Twain House & Museum, the landmark home of legendary “Mark Twain,” where he spent his happiest and most productive days. Guests explored the hallways where Twain lived with his family, and toured the museum which features the permanent exhibition on Twain’s life and legacy. Special guests included President Jon C. Strauss and Van Hartmann, Professor of English.

Upcoming Events May 21, 2013 New York City Lecture Series: “Seeking a Just Peace: Prospects for a Solution to the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict” led by David Gutman, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of History 6 June 7-9, 2013 Reunion 2013

1. Alumni and families enjoy the history hayride tour at Homecoming 2012. 2. Frank Furbacher ’09, keynote speaker for the Class of 2012 senior pinning ceremony, pins a former baseball teammate 3. Head chef at Tarry Market greets guests at the 2012 Wine Dinner 4. The Manhattanville Valiant stops by the beer garden at Quad Jam 2012 to meet alumni 5. Alumni team members for the Making Strides against Breast Cancer Walk 2012 6. Alumni in Washington, DC pose for a photo after their tour at The National Gallery led by Gregory Jecmen ’83 7. Marie Dineen ’72, Mary Pat O’Malley ’75 and Ann 7 Duffy Bellows ’72 enjoy an evening at The Boston Museum of Fine Art

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 37 Alumni Class Notes

1940’s nights at a time, with or without friends. They do Edelmira Fernandini Rackowe ’55’s children rented Jean Bautz, RSCJ ’44 will be turning 91 years old a lot of hiking along the shore and just “hang out” a house in the Florida Keys where her whole family this year and would love to keep in touch with together. gathered to celebrate her husband’s 80th birthday her classmates. She even hopes to attend her 70th in January. Reunion next year. Currently, Jean belongs to the Josephine Somkuthy Harkay ’53 says at 81, she Avila Community, Albany, NY, where she is one cannot report any great accomplishments, but is Elizabeth “Betsy” Walsh, RSCJ ’55 relocated out of nine happy RSCJ’s. Avila is a residence of still a bit proud of the fact that she is still “working.” West to teach in the English Department at the “able” elders. They are wonderful, friendly people Josephine occasionally sells Avon Products and University of San Diego in 1975. Betsy enjoyed of all faiths who feel they still have a Sacred Heart regularly gets translation jobs from a language it along with the other commitments a professor mission. Another opportunity for them is walking services agency in Manhattan, translating from undertakes. In the fall of 2000, she fulfilled over to Teresian House where the fully retired Hungarian into English. That means she pays a dream which had always seemed hopeless: RSCJ live, including some of Manhattanville’s self-employment tax which goes into the Social lecturing at Moscow State University for three own — Sisters Bea Brennan ’41, Ruth Dowd ’40, Security fund; not that it will solve the country’s semesters and found it be an extraordinary Esther Anne Whalen ’45, Angela Bayo ’48, MA ’53, fiscal problems, but she feels good about it. experience. In August 2006, she retired officially, ’ Josephine is looking forward to her 60th Class but continues teaching one course every year. and Mary Clark 39. Jean sends prayers and love Reunion in June. for YOU! Her topic for the last three years has been Dante, a poet whose life and work never cease to amaze Anne McCarthy Ring ’53 and inspire her. Betsy says being in San Diego Ann Marie McDonald MacLellan ’49 is enjoying her four and her children, their spouses, six grandchildren and four does have one setback, and that is its distance from husband, Peter look forward to welcoming their greats. Anne just returned from a short vacation Manhattanville. She sends Loving wishes to each seventh great-grandchild early this spring. The at Lake Geneva, WI with her daughter Kate and of you. oldest is three, they’re all adorable... Peter Leo husband, along with two of their children. They MacLellan is among the group. had lots of fun, visiting, swimming, eating and Carol Wettlaufer Gelderman ’56 published her 10th sleeping. Anne belongs to the Legion of Mary book in early 2012, A Free Man of Color and His at her parish. They are quite active and have a Hotel Race, Reconstruction and the Role of the 1950’s wonderful group of friends. They visit the sick Federal Government (Potomac Press). Carol’s Nancy Carr Hardart ’50 along with fellow and take an active part in several parish groups. first book, Henry Ford the Wayward Capitalist, classmates, Rosemary Dunne Dobbin, Shirley Ellis Anne is most active in the Inclusion group which is originally published by Dial and paperback later by Cummings, Joan Farley Markey and Joan Higgins refurbishing the church and chapel. She would love St. Martin’s Press, has been re-issued by Beard. It Collins had a mini reunion right after Christmas. to see you all in June for her class’ 60th Reunion. has stayed in print several decades.

Eleanor MacLellan, RSCJ `51, MA ’61 is still Patsy Sheehan Dulles ’54 hopes to have a mini- Henrietta Holton-Thomas ’56 has spaced life involved in Environmental Education at Drumlin reunion with classmates; Mary Kramer Daly, Mary between her children, art and social life since her Farm, a Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuary. Eleanor Jo Gargan Clasby and Peggy Hurley Dodge at a husband’s death in March 2011. Her children live works mostly with elementary aged children Sacred Heart luncheon in Palm Beach, FL in March in five different parts of the country and depending helping them to be more aware of their connection 2013. on the distance; Henrietta reaches them every six to and dependence on nature. She also keeps up months or between one to two years. Sometimes with her sports - mostly swimming and skiing. they come to visit. Her art goes from show to show, Eleanor hopes to travel soon to Albany to visit two Anne Sturges, RSCJ `54, MA `64 is one of a dozen some small and some successful - landscapes of other RSCJ classmates, Judy Brown and Barbara Religious of the Sacred Heart living and serving Lancaster and Maine and small animal sculpture. “Bebe” Kearins. in New Orleans. Six M’villians joined them for a Henrietta’s social life includes church, exercise, week recently to help with rebuilding. Anne loves various club activities, visiting family and friends Phyllis “Fif” O’Hara ’51 her work as a hospice chaplain. In December, and volunteering. She has taken on the presidency ’s son, Martin McGuane, of a local art associations. Henrietta enjoys age 55, passed away on October 9, 2012. He she caught up with Helen Cooley Reilly `54 in attending class luncheons in NYC and Greenwich. was the Former President, Greenfield City Asheville, NC and with Harriet Alexander Garzero Council, Board of Directors of Big Brother-Big `54 way out on Long Island who was luckily spared Sister, Community Meals Program, Greenfield the ravages of Sandy. Community College Alumni Assn., ARC of Sally Ekenberg Mosher ’56, as a lawyer (J.D. Franklin-Hampshire County (Association for Rosemary Dowd, RSCJ ’55 still works in Chicago USC, 1981), continues to use legal expertise in Retarded Citizens) and Vice Chair and Founder at Cook County Jail. For about 30 years she was a real estate situations and as Corporate Counsel of Hospice in Franklin County. He had been social worker with the inmates. Rosemary retired for LA Philanthropic Committee for the Arts. Executive Director of Greenfield Community due to failing eyesight and became staff chaplain As a musician, she continues to compose and Television (GCTV) and Frontier Community of the medical - psych division for about 750 perform as a harpsichordist. Recently, she Television (FCAT) in lower Franklin County. men. It is a volunteer position but it is the best job joined two other musicians for a new CD; all Martin was also an on call video photographer she’s ever had, though she has liked them all. She improvisation – electronic keyboards and guitar. for WWLP, NBC affiliate in Springfield, MA. says the men are a delight to work and pray with. Sally is the President of Piano Spheres concerts, He started in radio at age 16 and his career was Rosemary stays in touch with several classmates: now in its 19th season. Performances are held at spent in numerous stations throughout western Jean Madden Glunz, Anne Keller, Lisa Flynn Zipper Concert Hall of Colburn School, UCLA, Massachusetts. “Big Red” will be missed. Chapman, Joan Mahoney Ophel, Ellen Rubacky and Pasadena’s Boston Court Performing Arts Tobin, and Fran Gimber, RSCJ. Rosemary still Center. As an artist, she paints large, colorful, generally abstract canvases. Visit Sally’s website Louise Glynn Barr ’52 says very old age is not so enjoys the memories of her 50th Reunion and seeing so many classmates. for information about her prize winning book, CD’s bad. Her youngest grandchildren, Jonathan age and paintings. www.NewMixMusic.com 14 (and 6’4” tall) and Leila age 11 (tall but only reasonably so) live close by and visit for days and

38 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Michelle “Mimi” O’Shea Grady ’57 and her family much about) and she is happy with the school and Dominican University in Chicago. She has a Ph.D. have had a rather tumultuous four months. After field hockey. The other six range from 16 down to in theology and psychology, and teaches as an her husband, John’s nine day stay in the hospital 5. Kathy continues to sell real estate and when she adjunct at Dominican and several other locations for emergency surgery in September, Storm Sandy can fit it in, play duplicate bridge - still loves doing in the area, including the Archdiocese of Chicago. literally “hit” them. A 100 foot tree took off part both. She enjoyed catching up with her classmates Elizabeth had a book published last fall, Sweeter of their roof, damaging the dining room, and at Reunion, and looks forward to the next one in than Honey: Prayers for Catechists. She says it windows, siding, gutters etc. When all repairs were 2014! is a VERY modest little book that reflects some done, they put their house on the market, hoping of the writing she has done for her parish bulletin. to move into one floor living in Greenwich, within Susan Hansell Bianchi ’59 went to Paris for a Elizabeth’s husband, Jerry had a brush with cancer walking distance to town. The flu epidemic in fabulous week, with classmates Judy Gonczo last summer but has a clean bill of health now. Her January sent John back to the hospital with acute Wilson, Sarah Walsh McClanahan and Susan son, Edward Louis is a Lt. Col. in the Marines, pneumonia. Their children have intervened, and Reynolds Sullivan. While there, classmate Alice finishing up at the War College in Montgomery, are urging Mimi and John to move closer to any of Higgins Jouve toured them around historic Paris AL. After four deployments in Afghanistan and them - southern New Jersey, Cleveland or Virginia. and Versailles. She and Larry spend six months Iraq, they are more than happy to have him in Stay tuned. P.S. John is slowly recovering, as of in Southern CA, and six months in MA with their the U.S. Her daughter, Emily and husband Paul late January. three girls; Scotti is a tenured professor at U. live in Boston and have two beautiful daughters. Michigan, where her two oldest children are now They are planning a family vacation this summer in Provence. Elizabeth has seen on a somewhat Mary “Cecy” Boodell Prescott ’58 passed away May students and her youngest Louisa is still at home. Her husband is a federal prosecutor in Detroit. regular basis: Connie Scott Kelly and Ed (with their 14, 2012, in Freeport, Maine, following a 12-year family); Kim Smith Wayne; Nan Wilkins Eidle & struggle with Alzheimer’s. Cecy was a class officer, Wayne, her middle daughter has just moved to AZ to start a new career and Linn, her oldest is Bill; Mary Reilly McNeill & John, and our intrepid a member of student government, and a beloved class scribe, Sue Dale Wilcox and John. Wishing member of the Class of’58. She is survived by her in the greater Boston area; married with two girls and a very full-time job as Director of Marketing you all peace, health, joy and great adventures three children, Tom, Judy, and John, and by her during the coming year. brother Thomas J. Boodell Jr. and sister in-law, Communications for Panera Bread. Golf, bridge Beata Bergman, ’60, and her sister, Leslie Boodell and grand-mothering are all on her calendar of fun Pelican. Cecy’s daughter, Judy Prescott has written things to do. Alice Higgins Jouve ’59 enjoys designing and a beautiful book of poems entitled Searching for leading study tours for American groups in Paris. Cecy: Reflections on Alzheimer’s. Judy wrote these Chantal de Cannart d’Hamale Cannon ’59 says the 2012 brought another group of Harvard alums poems to help her deal with her loss as her mother Cannon family seems to be doing well. All four for yet another “Founding Fathers in Paris” tour retreated further and further into her illness. They children are married and settled with families. based on the book I wrote with my husband: are both a wonderful evocation of Cecy and also Next year, 4 out of 9 grandchildren will be in Paris: Birthplace of the USA. 2012 also brought a a universal expression for anyone who is dealing college. Paul is coping with the diminishments of wonderful reunion with Mville ’59-ers coming to with a similar loss. Parkinson’s but they are still managing a normal visit Paris; Mary Kane and Sonya Dehon Driscoll; life pattern which includes regular visits to Ireland, Susan Hansell Bianchi, Judy Gonczo Wilson, Sara Barbara Jones Wood-Prince ’58 escape from the cold in Florida and a rare trip for Walsh McClanahan, and Susan Reynolds Sullivan; has fond memories Joyce Keogh Farr and her beautiful granddaughter! of her classmates and years at Mville. At her 50th family reunion in Belgium. Manhattanville still remains a very important part of Chantal’s life and Not to mention old friends, former clients and Reunion, she was delighted to see that her old family! It was a wonderful year! Alice returned to friends hadn’t changed a bit! Barbara’s life has is so grateful for the educational opportunities. Hello to fellow 59ers! the piano after a lapse of 40 years and participates not slowed down. She has two children and five in recitals twice a year! She hopes more ’59-ers grandchildren living nearby, and two Bahamian will come to visit France soon! cousins at Woodlands Academy. (She had to learn Virginia “Ginny” Burns Cenedella ’59 is involved in to text!) She is still on the Woodlands’ Board of several arts groups in Charlottesville and serves on Jane Conway McAllister ’59 Trustees and she continues to play tennis and paint. the Board of the Charlottesville Symphony Society ’s life is full of family Alain, her husband of 56 years is thriving! Barbara and Ash Lawn Opera Festival. Last fall, Ginny and adventure. Her five children and grandchildren says she is blessed in many ways and sends gave her first solo piano recital for invited friends. are all in British Columbia and all remain very greetings to her friends in the class of ’58. Since that went so well, she returned to tap dancing close. Twenty-one of them were at Jane’s house for and is dragging herself to classes. She is not doing nearly a week and it was a celebration of laughter as much travelling as hoped, but she did get to and love. She is working on a house exchange Dale Acker ’59 has four children and five and top of her list is Ireland and Italy. Jane is grandchildren scattered across OK, TX, MI and NYC for Irene Bianchi Payne’s birthday along with fellow ’59ers (thanks to the planning of Suzanne planning a trip with three teenage grandsons for CT. Dale works as Business Development Officer this summer hiking in the Grand Canyon, visiting for a family owned bank with thirteen branches. Dale Wilcox and Kitty Santone!). Ginny also recently visited Tucson and Scottsdale to see her Brice and Zion. She will also visit friends in New Her passion is volunteering for the Salvation Army Mexico. Jane has also taken up the pottery wheel Women’s Auxiliary and her church, Crossings nephew’s 20-month twin girls. Ginny would love for her classmates to visit her in central Virginia. and volunteers with adult literacy. Jane’s aim is to Community Church, a large interdenominational help others to be able to read as she can’t imagine church. She’s in her 10th year serving as a Stephen life without it. Minister working with women in crisis. She Betty Celic Holden ’59 and her husband Dick are facilitates a class called “Next Chapter for Women” busy virtually ‘round the clock repairing rosaries Mary Reilly McNeill ’59 helping ladies who are recently divorced or and sending them to the missions. So far, they have and husband John went on widowed. She’s completing the second half of her sent 118,000 rosaries around the world. Send them a Rhine River cruise last June for their belated 50th memoir. She says it wasn’t on her bucket list, but your parts or your wholes. Give Betty a call at 239- anniversary. They landed in Zurich, stayed at the life is full of surprises, isn’t it? 463-3993 while they’re in Florida (Nov. through Palace Luzerne and then traveled to Amsterdam May) or send them a message at holdenbnd@ playing golf at five wonderful courses along the comcast.net. way (France, Germany, and Switzerland) and Kathy Baxter Almond ’59 and her husband Bill are took the steepest cog railway in the world! John’s enjoying life. Their three children are all married, dear cousin, Ellen McAllister Perrott, died this employed and have bred!! Our oldest grandchild Elizabeth McMahon Jeep ’59 is working as summer and we saw many Manhattanville ’59ers is a freshman at Bates (not some place they knew the Associate Director of the Siena Center of at her beautiful funeral in August. They enjoyed

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 39 a wonderful Thanksgiving with their kids: John, lbs. 15 oz. and arrived sporting a full head of hair. the “mission community” composed of lay faculty 51 and family from Stow, MA; Jim, 48, our son An interesting note: his brother, Finn, was also and administrators and staff as solution. Suzanne’s from DC; and Mary Anne, 45 and family from born on November 4, only 3 years earlier, and his chapter, “Wayfaring at the University,” deals with Syracuse. Mary thanks all of her classmates for mother, our daughter, Kerry, you guessed it, she, adult spirituality in an interfaith setting. The book their continued prayers for John; he is doing well too was born on November 4. This certainly makes is available on Amazon. and feels they are in good hands. it easy for them to remember the date of each one’s birthday! In addition to keeping up with grandkids, Judy Gonczo Wilson ’59 is healthy, happy - doing Elena Roosen Pisa ’59 and partner Carlos live a she is doing other things to keep healthy, stay hospice volunteer work - which she adores – and is relatively quiet and peaceful life in New York. young and enjoy life, e.g.: classes in cardio-boxing still selling real estate. She gives communion at the They do a lot of reading, eating great food, and and Zumba; taking ukelele lessons and have joined hospital every week - and is staying ahead of life. generally enjoying life with friends and family. a ukelele choir. Their son, Tommy, just finished a Judy feels that she has so much to be grateful for Last summer, her daughter Francesca married year in “War Horse,” and is now doing six days of - especially the wonderful friends she made at the life partner, Sarah, in a beautiful ceremony at her work on a TV detective show, after which he heads Ville (Manhattanville). sister’s farm. Francesca is a vice principal of a to the Yale Repertory Theater where he will be in public school in an immigrant area of NY; and “Hamlet” along with Paul Giamatti. Their daughter, Mary, has made her move to England fairly Sarah teaches at a very progressive, excellent 1960’s school in NY where her classroom/office has a permanent...as far as anything IS permanent. She Class of 1960 view of Central Park. What a contrast! Her son, and her husband have two sons. So, to conclude, Note from Elaine Edden Stiller, Class Alexander is very successful in the real estate life is good out in Portland. After she and Jim do a co-chair: Happy news received of 50th wedding business here in the city with most of his clients retreat this year with Thich Nhat Hanh, she believes anniversaries this year: Beata Bergman Boodell, coming from Latin America, something he takes that life will be even better. May the same be true Kay Clarke Heffernan, Emalie Platt Feerick, Janice after his mother with as Elena has been in the real for all of her sisters from the Class of ’59. Butler Miller, Nancy Cushing Ostheimer, Stephanie estate business for 28 years! She and Carlos and try Cooper Payson and Ceci Sullivan Murray. Keeping and get to Paris at least three or four times a year Terry Cody Spring ’59 continues to make art busy, Rose Marie Oliva Guzzo entertains for a couple of weeks. All these year counts have (drawing and photo collages) and runs her family’s groups with her music lecture-presentations become more and more astonishing with every business in New Canaan, CT. She “keeps up” with celebrating Richard Rogers, The Beatles, Dave passing moment! She sends her best to all... swimming at the Y, and enjoys her role in local Brubeck, Latin Jazz and more. Hazel Kam Koike politics; you can count on her to cause trouble happily announces the birth of her 13th grandchild, when a “righteous’ remark is needed at a public Lauren Marie Koike. Connie O’Connell Strong, Margaret Miner Rawson ’59 lives in Roxbury CT, our snowbird sportsman, enjoying golf and tennis and is lucky enough to see classmates from time to forum. She looks forward to having more time for travel. in Sanibel. Nancy Hogan Dutton congratulates us time. She works at Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, all on our 75th birthdays this year and invites us to which protects the state’s waters as best it can. join Patsy McCann, Eileen Kervick Connelly, Lynn Margaret’s husband, Hugh Rawson, still writes Donna Miller Straat ’59 is currently in Delray, Fl Paul, Lucille McLaughlin Hornby, Martha Dadd and edits, and is on numerous town and charitable with Kent where the weather is lovely and she has Nelson, Mary Anne Dutt Justice and herself at her committees. She has so far escaped most except just finished re-vamping their apartment on the Chesapeake Bay home, MD for an annual get- the ZBA. Their daughter, Catherine, is an attorney inland waterway. Donna still works in her design together which the seven of them have been doing and executive director at the Weantinoge Heritage business, and was president of the CT chapter for the past 15 years, gathering for a long weekend Land Trust (the largest land trust in the state). They of ASID a few years ago which she found most of swimming, boating, walking and boating, good recently visited their son on Koh Tao, Thailand, rewarding. Their son lives in St Petersburg, FL and food, good wine, good conversation and good where he teaches scuba diving. Margaret’s church they are looking forward to spending time with friends. Let her know if you are interested as they attendance is limited to funerals (too many) and him. Our daughter & her family now live in PA are just starting their planning. Nancy, Patsy, Lynn weddings (still fun). (from Reno), and they are thrilled that they are now and Martha are still working gals. Don’t forget relatively close by and will be down to visit this to save the date and join us for our 53rd Reunion Katherine Santone ’59 is still giving weekend tours winter. So far, lots of tennis and exercise for Donna Luncheon at Mville on Sat. June 8, 2013. at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the American and Kent, and they are both well. They would love to see any of you who might be nearby. Wing is her great love and “specialty”), reading as Anna Mae Walsh Burke ’60 had two new books often as she can, and talking regularly to classmates released in February, Small Town Boy and Proud like Kathleen Schoenfeld Casey, Ann King Miller, Martha Bergeron Talburt ’59 continues to teach Irish Heart. They are the fifteenth and sixteenth Sheila McCauley, and Dale Acker—or bumping ten hours of drawing classes a week at Founder’s books she has published. Her new books are into Mary Ann Dailey Jones on the street; she Hall, as well as a seminar every few weeks at the available on Amazon. Anna Mae also has a play, and Rolly just hosted a very enjoyable dinner in women’s prison. Occasional commissions (which “Irish Divorce” which has been shown as directed January! Moreover, Katherine is always happy she loves,) children, grandchildren, and travel keep readings. to help plan lunches when out-of-towners come her busy! She and Lane took a river boat trip up the to NYC…she had two in 2012: one to celebrate Volga in Sept - from Moscow to St. Petersburg. She Nancy Hogan Dutton ’60 Dale’s visit in August and one for Virginia Burns recently underwent cataract surgery, and is seeing says this is the year that Cenedella’s in November. (Ginny came for Irene everything now and reveling in the wonder of life most of us will celebrate our 75th Birthdays! So Bianchi Payne’s b’day…and they went to see without glasses. She is sorry to have missed the congratulations to all! For the past 15 years, a The Lion King.) Both lunches were really lovely: recent NYC gathering with friends but hopes to group of classmates has been gathering for a long warm and wonderful. Finally, she is completing arrange another before too long! weekend of “swimming, boating, walking, & her first term as a member of the Alumni Board at biking, good food-good wine-good conversation- Manhattanville. Life’s good! and-good friends” at her Chesapeake Bay house Suzanne Dale Wilcox ’59 has co-authored, with in Cambridge, MD. They are just starting to plan John R. Wilcox and Jennifer Lindholm, Revisioning 2013, so let her know if you would like to join. Freddie Cartwright Schrider ’59 and Jim now Mission: The Future of Catholic Higher Education. There is plenty of room! live in Portland, where they welcomed a second The book describes the challenge of community grandson, Owen on November 4; weighing in at 7 that faces Catholic higher education, and poses

40 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Anna Petzold Nichols ’61 had a wonderful visit they live. Eugene (36) does research for the Donnita Ryan Whittier ’68 is proud to share that from Pat McCarthy Tomassi ’61 last summer in Japanese Defense Academy, Emily (30) teaches at Lighthouse Catholic Media has released a CD by Harbor Springs, MI and they met up with Michael an international school and Erica (22) graduates in her daughter, Sr. Maria Stella, CJD, a missionary Ann Mullen ’61 several times during her stay. May and will work in graphic design in Tokyo. No to Russia, titled “Heroic Witnesses: The Triumph Mary Kay Tracy Farley ’57 treated them to lunch grandchildren yet. Elizabeth spends summers with of Persecuted Catholics in Russia”. Sr. Stella at her club and, of course, Pat also got to visit with her mother (94) in Virginia. She sends greetings speaks about the history of Catholic Priests, Sisters Anna’s sister in-law, Jane Gilbane Petzold ’62. and love to all her classmates. and Laity in Russia from 1917 to the present, They had a wonderful mini reunion. Anna has been beginning with the persecution of Catholics under living in Vero Beach, FL for the past 43 years and Terry Donini Hannah ’67 is pleased to announce her communism and ending with post-communist can scarcely believe it! engagement to Don Larson. A spring wedding is efforts to revive the Catholic Church in the Russian planned. Far East. Kathleen Balet Hill ’62 has two recent publications Class of 1969 “My Apple Tree, My Brightness”, AGNI 76, an Karen Renzulli Lynch ’67 has relocated her law from Mary Foley Cooper & Marcia essay having to do with loss, Ireland, and Irish- offices to Farmington, CT after maintaining her Pearce DeWitt: Americans; and “Forgiveness”, The Best Spiritual offices in West Hartford for over thirty years. She Dear Class of 1969, As your class representatives Writing of 2013. also has an office in Hartford. Karen continues on the Board of Trustees, Marcia DeWitt and I have to practice in the areas of wills and trusts, estate met with many of you this past year. Sue Good and Pam Kelly at Cape Cod, Geline Williams and Katherine Sheehan Sullivan ’64 works for SK planning and administration, elder law, probate, Anne Higgins in Boston, Flor Fee and Deba Leach Wealth Management LLC in Providence. They are and special needs trusts. in D.C., Georgia Burke in San Francisco, Alice a fee only financial planning firm and she has been Kane, Martha Graham, Jo-Una Spadafora in NYC there for 10 years. She and her husband, Terry have Maureen Werner Nikolich ’67 and husband to name a few. We found the conversations so four children; three are married and one divorced. Peter have moved from South Carolina back to warm and endearing. We hope to create interest They have nine grandchildren from 1 month to 16 Southampton, NY following Peter’s retirement. and enthusiasm for our 45th reunion in 2014. As years old; seven girls, two boys. Terry retired a few They are busy settling back into their very old, part of our reconnecting with classmates, we will years ago and they built a home in Orleans, MA on needy homestead and keeping an eye on Peter’s host a reception for our class on Tuesday, June 4, Cape Cod. Katherine drives to Providence, RI for father (92). Their door is always open! She would at 91st Street in NYC. We know many of you live work Monday-Thursday. This allows her to keep love to see any of her classmates. in or near the city while others often travel there. up with RI friends and family. She looks forward to We would love to see you. More details to follow seeing everyone at their 50th Reunion next year. Elizabeth Roberts Baer ’68 has published four closer to the event. Please circle your calendars. books which can be found on amazon.com. The Fondly, Mary Foley Cooper & Marcia Pearce Susan Kennedy ’65 retired three years ago from books are titled: Shadows of My Heart, The Blessed DeWitt Park Slope, Brooklyn, and her job as HR director Abyss, Experience and Expression, and The Golem for amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research, Redux Mary Dalsin Mills ’69 is now living in San Rafael, to Chattanooga, TN. At her new home, she has a California. She is tutoring low income and ESL pond in the back yard where Great Blue Herons fly 2nd and 3rd graders through Experience Corps, at in for lunch. Susan is also active in the Unitarian Barbara Ann McGuire Cook ’68 continues “tri -state her local public school. Mary says this program Universalist Church there. Last October, she life” since Rheem Manufacturing Co. law dept is so rewarding! She loves being in this young, celebrated her 50th high school reunion, and can moved to Atlanta in 2006. Barbara’s husband, hopeful energy. Mary’s kids are in the process of see her 50th Manhattanville Reunion approaching David stays in their Stuyvesant Town, NYC apt being launched, and she is enjoying metaphysical soon. She greatly looks forward to it. with visits to Atlanta. Their son, Peter, lives in Brooklyn directing plays and working at NBC as pursuits, hiking, travel, golf and bridge. She is casting director for “gory” documentaries. And always looking for companions in these. Tina Sloan McPherson ’65 is still living in NY on Andrew stayed in Providence with AmeriCorps Park Ave and now has a place in Hobe Sound, sponsored job after Brown graduation; he Maureen Brown Fant ’69 still lives in Rome (since FL. Tina has been married for the past 38 years to negotiated apt lease with legal advice from his 1979), a few steps from the Colosseum. She Steve McPherson and they have a son, Renny, who mother. Rosalie Calve ’68 and Janie Beal Weyl manages to see classmate Liz Betts Leckie once in is about to be married. Tina continues to act. She ’68, with husband, Alan, visited Barbara in CT this a while in Venice. Maureen’s translation of Popes, was on Guiding Light for 26 years till the day it past August and they celebrated birthdays there Peasants, and Shepherds: Recipes and Lore from went off the air. Then, she wrote a book, Changing in September with Helen Farrell Ryan ’68 and Rome and Lazio will be published this spring by Shoes (Penguin) and a one woman show she has Heather Doherty O’Donnell ’68, husbands Dan and University of California Press. She is also the co- been doing around the U.S. also called Changing Bob, and Mary Brown Connell ’70. author of Sauces and Shapes: Pasta the Italian Way, Shoes. Tina has held speaking engagements all over due in the fall from W.W. Norton. as well and is having great fun with all the above! Also, she was on 2 web series and just did a few Helen Farrell Ryan ’68 is completing her 16th movies. The most recent was Happy New Year and year as an attorney with the Connecticut Judicial Christine Cash Gilroy ’69 was named “Iowa the one before was with Natalie Portman in Black Branch, following a 25 year career in the private Journalism Teacher of the Year” at the Iowa Swan. All in all, Tina loves the acting, her family practice of law in Connecticut. She is currently High School Press Association convention and and golf has ALMOST become fun! http://amzn.to/ serving as the Civil Caseflow Coordinator for the workshop. Christine has completed her 22nd year changingshoes www.changingshoes.com Middlesex Judicial District in Middletown, CT. She of teaching English and journalism at Central High is disappointed that she will be missing her 45th School in DeWitt, Iowa, preceded by five years class reunion in June, but will be at her husband, teaching in Lost Nation, Iowa, and many years Elizabeth Kitamura ’66 continues to teach English Dan’s 50th Reunion at the College of the Holy publishing a weekly newspaper for northwest and International Culture with her husband. Cross scheduled for the same weekend. See you in Clinton County, Iowa. She also promotes activities for international 2018! understanding with Toyonaka City, Japan, where

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 41 Christine Herlihy Weeks ’69 lost her husband of 32 Carolee Ackerson Bertisch MA ’75 has published crewmen spent 3-1/2 days in the water before being years, Albert H. “Kip” Weeks on December 31, her second book: Walking To The Beat Life: spotted. Of approximately 900 who made it off the 2011 after a three year battle with brain cancer. At Mystery, Melody and Motion. It is a memoir in ship, only 317 were rescued. “The men and women the time of his death, he was the Cheshire County poetry and prose, and is available in paperback and who put on military uniforms,” Davis said, “pledge Probate Judge for the State of New Hampshire. In Kindle on Amzon.com. Carolee is a former English their lives to keep our country safe. It is monstrous addition to Christine, he leaves their son, Sam, who Facilitator and Writing Coordinator for the Rye when their lives are squandered through ignorance, is just starting a PH.D. program in Anthropology at Neck School District, who leads two lively book incompetence or arrogance.” UCLA in Los Angeles and their daughter Meg, an discussion groups in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, and aspiring modern dancer in New York City who just is Chair of the St. Johns County Library Advisory Michael “Mickey” Fanelli ’78: along with his wife landed a position with the ballet company at the Board and Poetry Chair of the Florida Heritage Anna will be selling real estate in the tri-state Metropolitan Opera for its upcoming production of Book Festival. area, the Westchester Manhattanville community, Wagner’s Parsifal. Larchmont, Mamaroneck, vicinity. Michael has Rick Sykes ’75 lives six months in Palm Beach, FL 25 years of experience in the real estate industry, and six months in Rio de Janeiro and is LOVING with his work at “Fran’s house and estate tag sale 1970’s IT! company,” a full service corporation that sells the Madeleine Maccarone d’Ambrosio ’71 has a new contents of people’s home, and being a member of position as Acting Chief Operating Officer and Liz Nealon ’76 The Appraisers Association of America. Their goal is the Co-Founder, Publisher is to help people move on with their lives. Director of Development for the CUNY Advanced and CEO of StarWalk Kids Media, a publisher Science Research Center. Madeleine plays a of quality children’s e-books for schools and pivotal role in all aspects of final planning for libraries. This outstanding proprietary platform Carol Cavalieri Arrucci ’79 MAT ’82 has taught the new science center. She also works closely launched nationally in October 2012, featuring music in private and public schools since 1984, with CUNY’s top leadership to secure private high quality eBooks from award-winning authors and is a prominent choral conductor, having sent philanthropy supporting the center’s research and and illustrators, with all titles linked to Common a children’s chorus to Broadway in 1993. Carol is education initiatives. The mission of the ASRC Core educational standards. Funded, but open also a musical theatre conductor, and President of is to be a catalyst for interdisciplinary scientific to additional capital investment and strategic PMT Productions, a local theatre group that will be research and discovery and develop a university– relationships to accelerate distribution. See the producing “Spamalot” in Yorktown, NY this spring. wide integrated scientific research network. The product & read the review by leading industry Carol will be opening a brand new music school first phase of the CUNY ASRC is a $350 million, publication School Library Journal: http://ow.ly/ in Croton on Hudson, NY this September, “The 200,000-square-foot, five-story science center gFHdN Cortlandt School of Performing Arts.”. In addition with flexible space for laboratories, meeting rooms to private lessons, the school offers a variety of and offices for approximately 75 professionals, Kathryn “Kitty” Pilgrim ’76 Hon.’12’s classes to a range of ages. The Music Depot is scheduled to open in 2014. second novel, a retail division of the school that sells musical The Stolen Chalice, (Simon and Schuster) will be instruments and accessories at deep discounts. released in paperback June 2013. Her debut novel Ann-Marie Fassl Hartline ’72’s daughter, Julie (Additional discounts for M’ville Alumni) Learn The Explorer’s Code was a smash success, hitting more by visiting: www.cortarts.com. Hartline, married Jason Hickey in NYC on number 18 on the paperback bestseller’s list. September 1, 2012. Danuta Karpinski Wenzel ’76 recently became 1980’s Dr. Susan A. Ross ’72 became the President of the affiliated with William Raveis Real Estate in Rye, Bill Daley ’80 Catholic Theological Society of America at its 67th NY. She has been licensed for over 19 years and is the Food and Features reporter Annual Convention in St. Louis in June 2012. In has worked primarily in residential real estate for the Chicago Tribune. Bill was also elected addition, her book, Anthropology: Seeking Light in the Sound Shore region and is familiar with refreshments chair by his Sunday men’s group. and Beauty, was just published by Liturgical Press. Westchester County. If you have any questions, So, has he made two pies a week for nearly three Susan also continues to serve Manhattanville as a please call (914) 967-1333 or visit www. months and took snaps with his cell phone every Trustee. danutawenzel.raveis.com step of the way to post on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Now the Tribune is using those photos Kathleen Harbort ’73 and his voiceover narration for a new video project retired from Greenwich, CT Nohad Badran-Videau ’77 changed jobs in called “Pie Slides with Bill Daley.” It’s fun – and Public Schools in June 2012 after 36 years teaching December 2012 to Autodesk, Inc. in San Francisco, I’m learning how to make a flaky crust. Here’s Science at Eastern Middle School in Riverside, CT. as Assistant to the Senior Principal Research one of the recent “Pie Slides” video: http://www. Upon retirement, she moved “home” to the Jersey Scientist, Bio/Nano/Programmable Matter Group. youtube.com/watch?v=nrwdiRosXAU Shore. Autodesk is a world leader in 3D design software for manufacturing, building, construction, Theresa Insolia-Joseph ’80 recently founded the Ethel Margaret O’Hara MAT `73 passed away on engineering, and entertainment and is now entering the field of life sciences. Global Peace Movement and Channeled Grace September 25, 2012 at the age of 93. Her daughter, Healing Circles. She has also been working as an Margaret O’Hara Best ’77 and granddaughter, Amy intuitive healer, Reiki Master; a spiritual teacher Best ’10 are both alumnae of the College. Ethel Michael Fordyce (ne Michael Evan Davis) ’77 and artist, whose mission is to raise consciousness, was the wife Dr. John G. O’Hara, Manhattanville’s recently produced a staged reading of his manifest peace and channel grace. She is currently first psychology professor. He taught at screenplay “Abandoned Ship,” which chronicles writing a book containing the messages she Manhattanville from 1939-1981. Ethel earned an the tragic loss of the U.S.S. Indianapolis in the received from the Divine over the years and how, MAT in 1973 receiving a standing ovation from the waning days of World War II. The reading took in the course of our ordinary lives, we can find faculty at graduation. She is survived by her five place at the Vallejo, CA Yacht Club, which is the extraordinariness of the Divine. Prior to this, children, John, Robert, Mary, Margaret and Jane, directly across from the former Mare Island Naval Theresa spent 18 years in finance at a Fortune 500 fourteen grandchildren and eight grandchildren. Shipyard, from which the Indy departed on her company and has a BA in economics and an MBA final, fateful voyage. When the ship was torpedoed in Banking and Finance. Visit Theresa at www. in July 1945, her SOS was ignored. The surviving GlobalPeaceMovementNow.com

42 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Diane O’Callaghan Kirven ’80 and her husband Pete 2011 with a BSN and is now a registered nurse Michelle Despres ’91 presented “Applying a are officially Empty Nesters! Their son, Tucker working in Kaneohe, Hawaii. She is married to Customer Experience Focus to User Assistance” at is a freshman at Vanderbilt University School of Stewart Carpenter and has three sons Talus, Temple the annual Conference for Software User Assistance Engineering. Thomas is a junior studying Physics and Padgett. in Seattle in March. Michelle is the Director of at Centre College and Matthew, also a junior at User Assistance at CQG, a software provider for University of Louisville is studying Psychology. Col (Ret) Robert W. Sprague, Jr. ’83 is currently the financial trading industry, headquartered in Kailie, their oldest, graduated from University of serving Military Young Life in the western United Denver, CO. Kentucky in 2011 and works as a graphic designer States, but is actively seeking new employment at Keeneland Racetrack. Diane’s husband , Pete in either San Diego or Colorado Springs in the Dr. David Heroux ’93 was elected Chair of the is selling (and loving) residential real estate. operations field. Division of Natural Sciences at the University of She recently joined Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Maine at Farmington. He was also Chair Elect Member SIPC as a Financial Advisor after 10 Susan Fiamma Russo ’85 has been in Italy for over of the Maine Section of the American Chemical years experience with a regional firm. Diane’s new Society. He is spending the 2012-13 academic position is thrilling and she welcomes the chance 20 years. She is married and has two children who attend the Scientific High School in Poppi, a small, year on Sabbatical developing catalysts for the to help fellow alumni with financial planning and production of biofuels at the National Renewable investment advisory services. medieval village near Florence where they have been living for over 10 years. Flavia, 17, is starting Energy Laboratory and Colorado School of Mines, both in Golden, Colorado. David had the Connie Johnson Hambley ’81 to research colleges in the States and in July they’ll would like to share start visiting prospective schools. Gianpaolo, 15, is opportunity to visit Manhattanville and was pleased the news with her classmates and fellow alumni a sophmore. Susan’s husband, Giancarlo, teaches to see the renovation updates and how vibrant the that her first book has been published, The Charity. Italian cultural courses at Lorenzo de’Medici campus was! Connie wrote this book many years ago and never University in Florence as well as courses for Slow took the steps to get it published. Serendipitously, Food throughout Italy. Susan teaches English to PJ Wax ’93 was recently named as an Assistant she met a publisher while on a business trip to Italian students and adults. Principal at Westhill High School in Stamford, CT. China this past spring. The publishing world Prior to becoming an administrator, Mr. Wax was is undergoing tremendous upheaval but those Stan Spence PhD ’85 was invited to be the guest in the classroom for 17 years as a Social Studies conversations gave her the courage to move teacher in New York and Connecticut, as well as forward! So, from The Great Wall and Shanghai to speaker at the FDA Office of Hematology and Oncology Products on December 17, 2012. He teaching as an Adjunct Professor of History at the wild adventure of Amazon, Connie says the past Norwalk Community College. year has been pretty interesting. She hopes you’ll gave a lecture on determining the optimal dose read The Charity. and schedule of targeted oncology drugs based on exposure-response modeling. The FDA also Alexander Tavantzis ’95 (A.K.A. Alex Tavis) is a Mary Calhoun ’82 adopted a mathematical correction formula Stan working TV/Film/Theatre actor, based in NYC. has been working as a psych derived for determining the effects of various drugs He recently recurred his role as “Amir Hassan” nurse in Alabama and as a traveling psych nurse in on cardiac repolarization in 1998. on ABC’s One Life to Live. He will next be seen New York, California, Louisiana and Texas. at Theatre for the New City’s new season starring Carmen Tere Alvarado ’88 in Karen Malpede’s Another Life as well as Joseph Caporusso ’82 is the owner of CT is currently President of Alvarado Real Estate. Carmen also teaches a Extreme Whether. Alex is also the Creator and Co- the American Podiatric Association. Joe grew class of Business Administration in the American Producer of an original docusoap called Con Jobs up in Long Island City, Queens and then moved Military Academy in Puerto Rico. in pre-production. He is married to Ava Volandes to Smithtown, Long Island. Joe has a thriving Tavantzis and the father of two sons; Theodore and podiatric medicine practice in McCallen, Texas John Sebastian. and has published numerous articles in medical Christina Manos Bocek ’88 began training for journals. He is married with three sons. You might her first half marathon following the birth of her Philip DeNoia ’97 daughter, Alexa, on January 23, 2012. She ran it on has been named a partner at the try to catch him introducing the United States law firm of Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Surgeon General on YouTube a few months ago! November 10, finishing within her projected goal time, and raising nearly $1,000 for the Gwendolyn Dicker, LLP, where he has worked for the last 11 years. Philip will continue to work out of the firm’s Stephanie Kloos Donoghue ’82 Strong Foundation. The GSF works to raise celebrates the awareness of SMA, and leads the fight to end it. White Plains, NY office. 25th anniversary of her company, S. Kloos Communications Inc., in 2013. The design and Beverlie Brooks MAW ’98 Daryl A. Mundis ’88 has been appointed Deputy earned a MS in Urban production firm was the recipient of two silver Studies with a concentration in Urban Planning awards and one bronze award for newsletter design Registrar at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague, Netherlands. Daryl was previously the and Development from Southern Connecticut State from the Advertising Club of Westchester in 2012. University, New Haven, CT in December 2011. “Like” the company on Facebook at facebook.com/ Chief of Prosecutions at the STL and spent over sklooscommunications. a decade at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia prosecuting war crimes Barbara Montalvo ’98 currently resides in New Virgillia “Jill” Heffley Heidel ’82 cases. Haven, CT. She has been working at Wells Fargo was elected to the Bank for over five years and is currently a Collateral Board of Directors for Qualidigm in Rocky Hill, Analyst in their Risk Management division of CT, a Medical Quality Improvement Company, and 1990’s Business Banking’s Credit Services Group. Barbara has served on the search committee to find a new successfully completed her MBA in Management, Karen Krase Delgado ’91 CEO. A choral composition Jill wrote in the mid was married in 2004, and with a focus in Leadership, at Western International 1980’s will be performed by the Valley Presbyterian has two girls, Isabella, 8 and Amelia, 4. Karen and University in May of 2011; and she has assisted Church Choir, Brookfield, CT this spring. her family are still in Park Slope, Brooklyn. She has with citywide campaigns for the New Haven Board been working as a Pediatric occupational therapist of Aldermen in 2011. Ms. Montalvo announces her Susan Porter Carpenter ’83 graduated from Hawaii since 1996. engagement to Jacob Tuite of Monroe, CT, with no Pacific University School of Nursing in December official wedding date set at present.

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 43 Christine Jancski FitzPatrick MAT ’99’s company, school children in the tri-state area. Ellen says her spending time with her boyfriend of six years and FitzPatrick Design, Inc. has won the Houzz.com background and degrees in Theater (from Syracuse their deaf Boston terrier, whom they communicate award “Best of 2013” for Kitchen Design. The - BFA 1988) and Education (from Manhattanville with using sign Language. Houzz community of 11 million monthly users - MAT 2002) has made this particular part of her voted on design and customer satisfaction. Fewer work rather fulfilling. Leonard Fecher Jr. ’05, MAT ’07 happily married than 3% of Houzz professionals have received the Lori Zimmerman in Bronx, NY on July 7, 2012. award. Ed Albano III ’03 owns and operates A+ Realty The couple, surrounded by friends and family, had Services and sells real estate all over Westchester a beautiful ceremony and reception at the New Gillian Lynn Katz MA ’99 in 2012 won Second Place and Putnam Counties. Also, Ed has his license York Botanical Garden. They spent two weeks in in the Greenburgh Poetry Contest for “Midnight;”; in FL and soon in CT. You can reach Ed at (954) Hawaii for their honeymoon and look forward to Finishing Line Press published her chapbook 609-8668, [email protected] or view his spending the rest of their lives together. Kaleidoscope; The Westchester Review published website: EdAlbano.com two poems: “Egoli”, and “Tin Cup, Tin Plate”; Maria Mangino ’05 has recently completed her www.epiphmag.com published her short story A Dorian D’Ausilio MS ’03 began a new job as Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from Match Made In Heaven, and her poem “Scarsdale”. Executive Communications and w3 editor, IBM Southern CT State University. She is excited to be Some of her other publications include fiction, North America Inside Sales. The job includes entering her sixth year of teaching General Music nonfiction and poetry. Gillian has been teaching interviews, videos, speech writing, chart creation, and Choir to students in Pre-K through Grade 8 in Creative Writing and Poetry for twelve years at graphics, program creation and social media New Haven, CT. She performs on flute and piccolo the Summer Arts Camp, JCC Mid-Westchester advocate. with the Hamden Symphony Orchestra, serves on of Scarsdale. She also teaches Writing Poetry its Board of Directors and just became Chairperson at the Scarsdale Adult School. She published Melissa A. Marino ’04 recently completed her of the orchestra’s Young Musician’s Concerto Adjudication in Poetry Master Ink online in 2012. Competition. She also performs on flute and voice Gillian’s website is: http://gillianlynnkatz.net . MFA in Creative Writing at Manhattanville and published her first book under the pseudonym Max with her church choir. Ellendale; her work is titled Glyph. Alan W. King MAW ’99 & MFA in English & Jessica Pye ’05 got engaged to Andrew Seraphin Writing from Long Island University, recently on May 5, 2012 in Yosemite National Park. They edited two novels: OverTime: The Legend of Trey Kate McDermott Mattiace ’04 and her husband, Michael welcomed their third son, Alexander will be getting married on May 5, 2013 in “Shooter” Parrish, and Liberty Belle: The Legend Cohasset, MA. They currently live in Hull, MA. Continues by Howie Thompson. He has also James, in early 2012. Kate is enjoying the written a poetry book review for Kaleidoscope, opportunity to spend time at home with Alex, along by Gillian Lynn Katz MAW ‘99, has completed a with his older brothers; Jacob and Aidan. Tatum Harmon MA ’06 currently teaches dance to screenplay, and is currently writing a novella which children at Pixalina Dance in Stamford, CT. She he plans to turn into a television script. King is a Carole Spearin McCauley MA ’04 currently lives in also teaches dance at New Castle Recreation and freelance writer and lives in Darien, CT, and may NH, where she continues to write, edit, and lead Community Center in Westchester, NY. In addition, be reached at [email protected]. a ms. reading group to help other writers. She has she teaches adults Zumba Fitness, Lyrical, Ballet, written 12 books (medical nonfiction, literary and Jazz, and Hip Hop Class. In Dobbs Ferry, NY at mystery novels). Carole’s 13th, How She Saved Mind-N-Body Fitness, Tatum also teaches adult 2000’s Her Life--a Berkshires tale of love/business/arson- dance and fitness classes which include Jazz- -will appear soon from She Writes Press. Her short n-Motion, Hip Hop Aerobics, and Latin Dance Wolf Huegelmeyer ’00, MS ’08 is approaching work (stories, articles, poetry, reviews, interviews) Grooves. If you are interested in any of these his ten-year anniversary as an employee of has appeared in about 200 periodicals, anthologies, classes held at the various locations, be sure to ask Degussa GmbH, a German-owned manufacturer and online, including NY Times, Child, Redbook, for Tatum, and bring a friend with you. Feel free to of chemicals, polymers and coatings, with North Woman’s World (Dec.24 mini-mystery), North contact Tatum at [email protected]. American headquarters in New Jersey. While American Review, Inkwell, North Atlantic Review, working on his Master’s degree at Manhattanville, BiWomen, Not Your Mother’s Book. “Keep the Jack Richard-Vincent Saraceno ’06 will complete Wolf was offered a promotion from sales into faith--I won’t say which one!” his second Master’s Degree in May 2013 in management, which would require moving to Secondary Education Mathematics from the Chicago. Fortunately, he only had three courses University of Alabama. remaining, and was able to complete the work for Suzanne Medcalf ’04 divides her time between those remotely, travel back to campus and receive NYC and Brighton, England where her company his degree at the graduation ceremony in May. He is based. She was recently promoted to Regional Steven Schimmel ’06 continues as a talent scout is now happily settled in his new home town of Manager, Hosted Buyer Programs at IMEX for Wack Pack Studios where he is working on Chicago. Exhibitions, the world’s largest meeting and a 15 minute short based off of the Wack Pack incentive travel trade show. Suzanne has been Documentary Volume I which was developed and at IMEX for two years and has been lucky filmed during his sophomore year at Mville. He Daniela Brunetti-Huneke McKee’00 and her family enough to travel the globe representing IMEX at is also working with Matt Schimmel (no relation) welcomed daughter, Nadia Teresa, who weighed 8 numerous industry events. She doesn’t get back as a part-time consultant with the Purchase pounds, 4 ounces on March 17, 2012. She joins her to Manhattanville nearly as much as she would Group. Steven is the Executive Director of Jewish older sister, Julietta, 3 years old. like, but is looking forward to upcoming trips to Federation of Cumberland, Gloucester & Salem Chicago for dinner with her former roommate, Counties. He is dating Alissa Chikeles ’07 and Ellen Flaks MAT ’02 is in her 5th season as the Stephanie Rein Richardson ’05. lives with her in Millville, NJ. Company Manager for The Random Farms Kids Theater touring musical production of “The New Tiffany Dwileski ’05 recently graduated from St. Joe Stracci ’06’s first novel, Whitney, was the Kid.” In addition to her backstage duties with Vincent’s College in Bridgeport, CT and has winner of the 2011 New Rivers Press MVP two rotating casts of 14 teens, Ellen also facilitate started a career as a Registered Nurse, as well as Competition and will be published in October of the Q & A between the cast and the audiences of volunteers for the VNA - Hospice. She enjoys 2013.

44 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Alissa Chikeles ’07 is continuing her career as Community. Currently, she is also in the process of escorting Sports Ministers and/or staffers around a dancer. She is currently employed by PGT possibly going into her first management role. the city to ensure that they reached the various Entertainment and is part of Princess Cruise events or meetings on their busy schedules Line’s Sea Princess World Cruise cast. She lives Catrina Rocco MAT ’07 MS ’12 accepted the smoothly. She didn’t get to see Usain Bolt run, but in Millville, NJ with Steven Schimmel ’06 and position of Assistant Principal- Supervision last did see the US women play soccer! An awesome performs as a Wild West Vixen at Bally’s Wild August at the H.S. for Contemporary Arts in experience! Wild West Casino in Atlantic City NJ. NYC District 11, Bronx immediately upon the completion of the Educational Leadership program Sue Perlmutter MS ’09 has worked as an cross- Cindy Crean MS ’07 recently struck out on her at Manhattanville. cultural advisor and language coach for Cartus own after seven successful years as a strategic Global Performance Solutions (formerly Cendant planning manager at Diageo, North America, the Andrew D. Deacon ’08 is teaching second grade Mobility) for over 13 years. After completing her international beverage company which markets at Colebrook Consolidated School in Colebrook, Master’s Degree in International Management, she brands like Guinness Stout. After completing her Connecticut. He looks forward to seeing many of focused on marketing her skill set and has acquired Master’s degree at Manhattanville, Cindy founded his classmates at his five-year Reunion in June! three additional clients since graduation: Global her own company, “True North Consulting,” which Dynamics, Inc, RS Worldwide Consulting, and the runs training development and team-building Global Coaching and Consulting Group. She was programs for some of the most influential Erik Dorey ’08 spent a whirlwind 2012 working also recognized by Toastmasters International, Area businesses in this area. on high-profile political campaigns in Oregon and 14, District 46 last June. Missouri. After two years in Washington, DC as an aide on Capitol Hill, Erik moved to Portland, Chris Maglin MS ’07 received a B.S. in International OR in October 2011 to be the communications 2010’s Transportation from SUNY Maritime, Bronx, NY director for the state’s Democratic Party. There, in May of 2005. But it was after receiving his he was instrumental in winning a January special Chandra Jackson ’10 is currently working in the Master’s Degree in International Management election for Oregon’s vacant U.S. House seat, the Marketing Department of Alvin Ailey American that he began a career in his chosen field. He was first congressional election of 2012. In April, Erik Dance Theater—the most popular modern dance working as a Vessel Planner for Hamburg Sud in accepted a job as press secretary for Missouri Sen. company in the world. Her job is perfectly Morristown, NJ, when after three years; he was Claire McCaskill, then considered the nation’s aligned with her interests. Manhattanville’s made an Operations Manager, requiring a move to most vulnerable incumbent Senator, in a race they Liberal Arts curriculum allowed her to major in Long Beach, CA. After 2.5 years in California, it wound up winning by 15 points. Communications while continuing her Dance was time to move back home. So, in August 2012, Studies. Chandra says her college experience made Chris accepted a job with Diiachi Chuo Shipping- her realize her passion to establish a career in the Kimberly Fiedler – Zinaman ’08 America’s New York office. got engaged in St. Arts Management field. Martin in December 2012. They plan to marry in Colleen Radtke Morgan ’07 spring of 2014. She is currently a NORC Senior had her first child, Brian social worker in Manhattan and works in Private Bruna Andrade ’10 is now Bruna Maculet! She Patrick Jr. on November 14, 2012 with husband, Practice in New Jersey. Life is pretty good! married Ignacio Maculet ’10 in April 2012 in Brian. Colleen currently works as a Special Brazil. Ignacio is partner at a consulting firm, and Education teacher at the Hebrew Academy of the Bruna works for Turner Broadcasting in São Paulo. Five Towns where she helped start a new Special Victoria “Tory” Setian ’08 was recently promoted Education program. to Creative Executive at DC Entertainment/Warner Bros. As part of the interactive team, her work Kiersten Schramek ’10 worked as the Victim Batman: Arkham City Advocate for the Putnam/Northern Westchester Francesco Notaristefano ’07 includes the award-winning , is currently in his 5th last year’s critical success LEGO Batman 2: DC Women’s Resource Center after graduation. She year teaching Special Education in the Bronx, NY. Super Heroes, and the upcoming fighting game was able to serve many victims of domestic and He is the New Rochelle JV Boys Head Soccer Injustice: Gods Among Us. Tory currently lives in sexual violence. She enjoyed the work there and Coach and he also coaches boys and girls youth Los Angeles, CA. stayed for 2.5 years before deciding to follow her soccer in New Rochelle, NY. In the summer of dream of becoming an attorney. Currently, Kiersten 2011, he brought one of his teams to Northern is a student at Pace Law School, in White Plains, Scott Fernqvist MS ’08 Italy for two weeks to play and train. In July is growing the green where she intends on graduating in 2015. She finds 2012, he married Lisa Panettiere of Somers, NY. economy in Westchester County, NY through an Pace Law to be the perfect fit. She currently lives Francesco’s groomsmen included Manhattanville innovative public-private partnership he co- in Brewster, NY and still enjoys playing softball. Alumni; Jason Zubatkin ’08, David Horn’05, founded and is managing on behalf of Westchester Kiersten is excited to see what the future has in Joseph Ahlstrin ’07, and Antonio Debarros ’06. County’s Office of Economic Development. With store for her! The newlyweds spent two weeks traveling Hawaii over 200 members to date, the Westchester Green for their Honeymoon. Business Challenge helps companies move down the path toward environmental sustainability while Kelly Striefler MAT ’10 received the 2012 NYS AHPERD Catskill Zone “Amazing Person Katie Pojer ’07 saving money and improving performance. Scott currently works for Atria Senior has helped grow the program to include such well- Award” at the annual New York State Association Living Group in Briarcliff Manor, NY. She is known firms as Heineken USA, Dannon, Pernod for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and pursuing her Master’s in Public Health Policy Ricard and Verizon. He is working to expand the Dance (NYSAHPERD) conference in Verona, and Management with a focus in Long Term Care program throughout the Hudson Valley region. NY in November. NYSAPHERD is a professional Administration. In May 2014, she is hoping to organization that encourages, facilitates, advocates attend either NYU Silver School of Social Work and promotes physically active and healthy Shawn Parker MS ’08 or Columbia where she will be getting an MSW had the opportunity of a lifestyles through school and community programs in Geriatric Social Work. Recently, through lifetime for a linguist! Shawn got the chance to in health education, physical education, recreation New York Medical College she participated in a spend three weeks at the London Olympics in and dance. research project entitled “Medicare Readmission July as a volunteer with the Office of Protocol Rates” within the US and France with a focus on Co-ordination. She put her foreign language transitional care issues within the Geriatric Care skills to use each day as a Dignitary Assistant,

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 45 Raymond Downs MAT ’11 recently became engaged CONGRATULATIONS Malin Craig RSCJ ’42, sister of Faith Craig Hall to Amy Joan Inello and plans to marry in October ’47 (RIP) 2013. He also started a new position teaching CONGRATULATIONS ON THE MARRIAGES Joan Orteig Davidson ’42 Physical Education and Health at Middle School OF: MS 324 in North Manhattan where he also coaches Natalie Leonard Crosthwait ’43 basketball and volleyball. Julie Hartline & Jason Hickey, daughter of Ann- Marie Fassl Hartline ’72 Dr. Maria Gabriela Stein de Guzman’43, sister of Joan Stein Moreno ’53 Dillon Geyselaers ’11 appeared in a series of Leonard Fecher Jr. ’05, MAT ’07 & Lori commercials for Freescore.com as the personified Zimmerman Dr. Irena Kister Lombroso ’43 version of bad credit. He has a number of Janine Fortunato ’06 MS ’08 & Chris Galiotti ’09 Mary Coffey O’Connell ’43, sister of Patricia upcoming independent projects, including the Coffey’47 (RIP), mother of Kate O’Connell horror anthology film, The Penny Dreadful Picture Brianne Previti ’07 & Frank Albano ’08 Hubbell MAT ’76 Show. He has been freelancing for Atlas Talent in New York City since last year. Francesco Notaristefano ’07 & Lisa Panettiere Julia Meehan Timberlake ’43, sister of Rasamond Ryan Beaudry ’08 & Katie Smietana Meehan Hayes ’48 Keeley McCue ’11 has kept quite busy with her Cara Elizabeth Kidd MPS ’09 & Christopher J. Dr. Sally Cassidy ’44 pursuits since graduation as an up and coming Gessner Ann Audrey Dooley ’44 singer-songwriter, actor, and photographer. Most recently, she played a nurse on season 5 of Bruna Andrade ’10 & Ignacio Maculet’10 Julie Adams Holbrook ’44, mother of Mary Nurse Jackie, set to air this spring on Showtime. Christine Meghan Mara MPS ’10 & Christopher Holbrook Sundance ’66 Additionally, she continues to promote her debut Dodge Ward Marian Moto Shea ’45 album, “First Due” for licensing and placement, which is available for download on iTunes http:// CONGRATULATIONS ON THE Suzanne Cavanagh Berry’46 itunes.apple.com/us/album/first-due/id456846088 ENGAGEMENTS OF: Mary Lucretia O’Brien Orteig ’46, sister of Terry Donini Hannah ’67 & Don Larson Margaret W. Everett ’43 & cousin of Patricia Marian Michelotti MAW ’11 has recently published Barbara Montalvo ’98 & Jacob Tuite Dowd Whitman ’62, Aunt of Marie Louise Winters two holiday themed e-books under pen names: Hallenbeck ’70 The Last Christmas Tree (Laura Monti), women’s Jessica Pye ’05 & Andrew Seraphin literary fiction, published Nov. 1, 2012 and is Elizabeth Hunter, RSCJ ’47, sister of Rosemary available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, Kimberly Fiedler – Zinaman’08 & Ronen Gevint Hunter ’44 (RIP), and sister of Jean Hunter, RSCJ ’61 etc. A Christmas Match Made in Heaven (Brianna Raymond Downs MAT ’11 & Amy Joan Inello Lorin), romance, was published by Breathless Press Doris Devine Jackson ’47 December 2012 and is available on their website Marjorie Goldsmith Janowsky ’47 in various e-book forms as well as Amazon, etc. CONGRATULATIONS ON THE BIRTHS OF: Marian recently became a Grandmother to Mason, Joan Fagan Rohn ’47, daughter of Elizabeth Grace Hunt Rotolo, daughter of Katie Hunt & Peter her son’s little boy who is now 8 months old and Malone Fagan ’23 (RIP), sister of Lois Fagan’48 Rotolo ’00 remains employed at Port Chester Public Schools (RIP), Elisabeth Fagan Boudreau ’52 (RIP) and as Transportation and Non-instructional personnel Nadia Teresa McKee, daughter of Daniela Brunetti- Constance Fagan Dealy ’62, cousin of Helen Fagan coordinator. Her focus is to finish suspense thriller Huneke McKee’00 Tyler ’33 (RIP) and Anne de la Chapelle Morris piece, In the Blink of an Eye. ’54 (RIP) Alexander James Mattiace , son of Michael Elizabeth Lawless Stengren ’47 Serena Roche ’12 recently completed the TEFL/ Mattiace & Kate McDermott Mattiace ’04 TESOL Certification. Serena currently lives in Brian Patrick Morgan Jr., son of Brian Morgan & Jean Ford RSCJ ’48, MA ’53 Ukraine and teaches there under a company called Colleen Radtke Morgan ’07 American English Center (AEC). Anne Montgomery RSCJ ’48, MA ’53 Thelma Simoni Nolin ’48 Revaz Tsivtsivadze ’12 lives in White Plains and CONDOLENCES Mary Jean Parker Romano ’48, mother of Anne works for MasterCard in Mobile Payments. More Romano Sarewitz’75 specifically, as a Finance major, Revaz assists in the commercialization of new products. She is also Edna Klarman Dolan ’49 CONDOLENCES ARE OFFERED TO THE heavily involved in Financial Literacy / Inclusion FAMILIES OF: Shirley Whelan McManus’49, mother of Susan industry, and her new passion is innovating McManus Pickoff, MD ’74, James McManus, Jr. technology to drive Financial Inclusion globally. Margery Hopkins ’36 ’77, and grandmother of Dr. Kate Pickoff Serdy ’07 Margaret Lambert Sheils ’37, mother of Ellen Anne Schwarz Petix ’49 Sheils Duggins ’74 Margaret M. Dunn Clarke ’50 Norrisa Thompson O’Keeffe ’38 Alice Chamberlin Heires ’50, cousin of Gertrude Mary Tobin RSCJ ’38, sister of Alice Tobin Baldwin Tarpley ’44 (RIP) O’Brien ’44 (RIP) Anne Carlin Mulroy ’50, sister of Mary Carlin Grail McMullen RSCJ ’39 Leahey ’46 (RIP), aunt of Mary Leahey-Nangle ’70 Mary Alice Pearson Rowe ’39 and Frances Leahey `77 Elizabeth Watson Blanchard ’41, mother of Margot Maureen Mahoney Rice ’50, sister of Patricia Ellis ’78, Aunt of Sheila Watson Clark ’67 and Mahoney Cavallero ’47 (RIP) Anne Watson ’64 (RIP) Silvia Nunez White ’50 Leontine Keane Cadieux `41, sister of Mary Louise Carolyn Bowers ’51 Keane Forcade ’44 (RIP) Catherine Burnikel ’51 Betty Smith Hess ’41 Mary McMath Diener ’51

46 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Eleanor Hanley Tietje ’51, sister of Dr. Katharine CONDOLENCES ARE OFFERED ON THE In Memoriam: Rose Hanley ’54 DEATHS OF THE HUSBANDS OF: Edie Niedringhaus Phelan ’52, mother of Mary Joan Higgins Collins ’50, MAT ’72 Edward W. Ryan, Professor Emeritus of Economics Frances Phelan de Bellescize ’88, sister of Mary Henrietta Holton-Thomas ’56 at Manhattanville College, passed away on October Niedringhaus McMahon ’48 (RIP), aunt of Barbara 5, 2012. Professor Ryan began as a faculty member McMahon Ragan ’70 and Marian McMahon Rose Desnoes McIver ’58 at the College in 1958. He was a member of the Durkin ’76 Manhattanville community for many years, as well Barbara Bebenek Argy ’67 Julianne Hoy Versnel ’52, sister of Virginia Hoy as the founder of the Economic Freedom Institute Viger ’36 and Jane Hoy Harwood ’38 (RIP), aunt Christopher Jane Corkery ’67 and was its first Director. He retired in 2000, at of Patricia Bleakley Viger ’69 which time he was named Professor Emeritus and Katherine Collins Hunt ’67 was awarded an honorary degree by the College. Ann “Nancy” Keller Lewe ’53 Christine Herlihy Weeks ’69 For most of his 42 years at Manhattanville, Ed chaired the Economics, Finance, and Management Frances Garvey Linton ’54, cousin of Hortense Joan Cassens Zinner ’65 (brother-in-law of Diane Department and was responsible for introducing Farrell Gorman ’60 Cummins ’63, Uncle of Paul Cummins ’94) two of its three majors. The Ryan-Bacardi Chair in Lise-Claire d’Atri Martin ’55 Genevieve Gorman McHale ’77, MAT ’79 Economics was named in his honor for his many contributions to Manhattanville. Professor Ryan’s Teresa Haggerty ’56 major field of scholarly inquiry was economic Maria Cabrera Morcate ’57 CONDOLENCES ARE OFFERED ON THE freedom. He was the author of In The Words of DEATHS OF THE FATHERS OF: Adam Smith: The First Consumer Advocate, Mary “Cecy” Boodell Prescott ’58, sister-in-law of published by Thomas Horton and Daughters with a Beata Bergman Boodell ’60 Alice Quinn ’70 foreword by William E. Simon, and Liberty, Virtue and Happiness: The Story of Economic Freedom in Joan Leonard Stephanak ’58 Ann-Marie Fassl Hartline’72 America. Both of his daughters, Sarah and Jennifer, Gertrude Bonin DHS ’59 Kim Albert Boackle ’86 are alumnae of the College. He is survived by them Ellen McAllister Perrott ’59 and by his wife, Georgian (Gerry). Dr. Susan Choi Chung’60 CONDOLENCES ARE OFFERED ON THE Jane Schaberg, Ph.D. ’60 DEATHS OF THE MOTHERS OF: Mary Eleanore O’Donnell Lorch ’61 Cathy MacFarlane ’76 Sharon McIntyre Malone ’62 Tamara Brooks ’63 CONDOLENCES ARE OFFERED ON THE DEATH OF THE BROTHER OF: Mary Jo Godfrey Kelly ’63, sister of Jane Godfrey ’68 Cathy MacFarlane ’76 Linda Cassano, Esq. ’70, sister of Victoria Cassano MD ’74 CONDOLENCES ARE OFFERED ON THE Laraine Mitchell Morin ’71 DEATHS OF THE SISTERS OF: Janet Farrell Nichols ’71 Dr. Katharine Rose Hanley ’54 Sr. Geraldine Lane SCJ MA ’72 Elaine Devine Mullen ’58 Sr. Jean Becker, OSF MA ’73 CONDOLENCES ARE OFFERED ON THE Ethel Margaret O’Hara MAT ’73, mother of DEATH OF THE SON OF: Margaret O’Hara Best ’77, grandmother of Amy Best ’10 Phyllis “Fif” O’Hara ’51 Calista Harder MAT ’75 CONDOLENCES ARE OFFERED ON THE Helen Escoffier ’76 DEATH OF Faculty/Staff/Board Members: Nancy Willstatter Gordon MA ’76 Elizabeth Mary (Beth) Ryan ’76 Edward Ryan- Former Professor, Father of Sarah Ryan McNulty ’89 & Jennifer Ryan ’92 Karen Milligan Wittbold ’76 Mary Coffey O’Connell ’43- Former Trustee Lynn Critelli Pesackis ’87 Jean Ford, RSCJ ’48, MA ’53- Former Trustee Susan Beekman MA ’88 Linda Cassano, Esq. ’70- Former Trustee Madelyn DeRose Groton MAT ’88 Haley Huelsman ’95 Candida Segarra-Shaw ’99, MAT ’00, HON ’04 Catherine Sheldon-Dagher MPS ’08

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 47 Board of Trustees

Robert Hall (Chair) Sally M. Furay, RSCJ Maura Morey ’62 Retired CEO Consultant Vice President Information & Publishing Group Higher Education RWM Management Co., Inc The Thomson Corporation Ofelia Garcia ’69 Kerry Piercy Kathleen T. McGahran (Vice Chair) Professor of Art Managing Director, Diversity and Inclusion President & CEO William Paterson University Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Pelham Associates, Inc. Mary Gawlicki ’72 Kathryn (Kitty) Pilgrim ’76 Jon C. Strauss President & Chief Executive Officer Journalist/Author President Corporate Translations Manhattanville College James C. Ram ’87 Wiley C. Harrison President D.H. (Don) Callahan ’78 President & CEO Indusa Global Chief Administrative Officer Business of Your Business, LLC Citigroup, Inc. Barbara J. Rogers, RSCJ ’74 Dwight Hilson MAW ’09 Headmistress Martin C. Clague Managing Director Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Former CEO, Covansys Corporation Greenwich Media Management, LLC Director, Altair Engineering Sally J. Rogers ’72 William H. Humphreys Senior VP, Communications & Development Paula Zilka Colbert ’87 Senior Vice President The United Hospital Fund Senior Associate Business Director BridgePoint Group, LLC Stolt-Nielsen USA Inc. Susan A. Ross ’72 Professor, Theology Department Ann Conroy, RSCJ ’47, MA ’67 Nancy Roberts King ’66 Loyola University Chicago Administrator President Convent of the Sacred Heart Willis & Nancy King Foundation Helaine Smith ’88 Helaine Smith, DMD, PC (Retired) Mary Foley Cooper ’69 P. Nicholas Kourides Interim Vice President Deputy General Counsel Michael Watson MS ’96 (Retired) American International Group Senior Vice President, Human Resources OneWorld Health and Diversity Warren R. Mason ’98 Girl Scouts of the USA Paul A. Cummins ’94 Senior Project Manager Partner Columbia University North Bridge Communications, Inc. Elizabeth J. McCormack ’44 Marcia DeWitt ’69 Advisor President & Chief Executive Officer Rockefeller Family & Associates GuilfordPare Ltd.

48 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL

Cathy Allman, MAW ’01 Gretchel Hathaway ’79 Tod D. Pike Author Senior Director of Campus Diversity and Senior Vice President Affirmative Action Enterprise Business Division Dawn Byrnes Clisham ’86 Union College Samsung Electronics America Current Parent/Alumni Volunteer Dwight Hilson, MAW ’09 Alice Quinn ’70 Edmond Coku ’02 Managing Director Executive Director Entrepreneur Greenwich Media Management LLC The Poetry Society of America

Roger Demareski Donna Johnson Helaine Smith ’88 Assistant Vice President for Facilities Chief Diversity Officer Helaine Smith DMD, PC (Retired) Princeton University MasterCard Worldwide

Sheila Falvey Finnerty ’87 Marion Jordan ’70 Liberty Mutual Group Vice President (retired) Verizon Communication, Inc. Cathy French ’68 President Margaret Morton ’75 Catherine French Group Senior Vice President Fidelity Foundation Wiley Harrison President and Founder Danne Brokaw Munford ’58 Business of Your Business Patsy O’Grady ’61 President POG Information Systems

Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 49 Create Your Legacy At Manhattanville College With A Charitable Gift Annuity

Why should you consider a charitable gift annuity?

1. Enjoy substantial tax benefi ts 2. Receive an attractive income for life (for yourself and a second benefi ciary, if you choose) 3. Become a member of the Mother Eleanor O’Byrne Legacy Society 4. Create a personal legacy that supports the mission of Manhattanville College

The following chart provides sample annuity rates for charitable gift annuities with Manhattanville College:

$10,000 Gift Annuity Age Annuity Rate Annual Charitable Annuity Deduction* 65 4.7% $470 $2,661.10 70 5.1% $510 $3,469.30 75 5.8% $580 $4,101.60 80 6.8% $680 $4,669.30 85 7.8% $780 $5,418.90 Calculations are based on quarterly payments and an IRS discount rate of 1.2%

Gift annuities provide a host of fi nancial benefi ts and are among the simplest and most economical planned gifts. For a personalized illustration of a charitable gift annuity, or to obtain more information about which planned giving opportunities might be best for you, please contact:

Offi ce of Institutional Advancement Manhattanville College Phone: (914) 323-5439 Email: [email protected] www.mville.edu/plannedgiving

*The charitable deductions shown are estimates, based on quarterly payments and a cash gift. Please talk with your tax adviser to determine the deductibility of your charitable gifts.

50 Manhattanville Magazine SPRING 2013 Why Participation Matters?

SUCCESSFUL YOUR SUPPORTIVE GIFT ALUMNI

INCREASED STUDENT RECOGNITION RESOURCES

MOTIVATES ATTRACTS

■ YOUR GIFT No matter the size, your donation increases our alumni giving participation rate. ■ INCREASED RECOGNITION There is strong relationship between our alumni participation rate and our rankings in national reviews and magazines. Rankings organizations don’t look at aver- age gift size - just participation rate! ■ MOTIVATES AND ATTRACTS Strong alumni participation is a sign to funders and prospective students that alumni care about their College and want to support its future. ■ STUDENT RESOURCES - New funders and prospective students bring in- creased revenue to the College allowing us to provide enhanced opportunities and experiences for students both inside and outside of the classroom. ■ SUCCESSFUL AND SUPPORTIVE ALUMNI Those opportunities and experiences equip students with the hands-on learning and critical thinking skills needed to leave Manhattanville feeling prepared to take on the next chapter as alumni, thus starting the cycling again! Make your gift using the attached envelope or go online to www.mville.edu/donatenow. Save-THE-Dates SUMMER WITH MANHATTANVILLE

REHOBOTH BEACH, DE July 20, 2013 Hosted by Trustee Marcia DeWitt ’69

COCKTAILS ON THE CAPE August 1, 2013 Hosted by Trustee Maura Morey ’62

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